Alibaba Stock Is Slumping. Why Singles Day Couldn't Save Chinese Tech
The prospects of painful U.S. tariffs were weighing on Chinese stocks Tuesday, overshadowing the end of Singles Day -- China's version of Black Friday.Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed 2.8% lower Tuesday while Chinese markets fell 1.4%, in a move Mizuho analysts attributed to U.S.-China tension heating up.Trump has chosen Republican Michael Waltz of Florida, a former Green Beret who has taken a tough line on China, to oversee foreign and national security policy in his upcoming administration, The Wall Street Journal reported. The President-elect is also reported to have nominated China Hawk, Florida senator, Marco Rubio to be secretary of state.Hong Kong-listed Alibaba said it saw a record number of active buyers this year. The retailer said that 589 brands including Apple, Nike and Haier surpassed 100 million yuan in gross merchandise volume, a measure of a platform's sales volume. It did not, however, reveal the total amount of sales over the period.Alibaba and JD.com stocks fell 3