Dangdang was once a top e-commerce platform, but a drawn-out power struggle as well as divorce drama between Li and his ex-wife and co-founder has clouded the company’s future.
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INSIGHTS | Corporate intrigue triple header
Chaos in the C suite at Dangdang, Arm China, and Bitmain as managers test the limits of their powers—and sometimes sideline their own boards.
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INSIGHTS | Founders behaving badly
After a week of personal scandals involving guys like Jiang Fan and Li Guoqing, we’ve been thinking about how common bad behavior is in tech.
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Alibaba removes youngest partner Jiang Fan after affair accusation
Jiang Fan was widely seen as a potential successor of Zhang Yong, the current CEO of Alibaba Group. This tough career setback of the 35-year-old Jiang might mean a change to the e-commerce giant’s succession plans.
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996 in your living room
What did the pandemic change about work in China tech? Not as much as you might think. Some are even glad to get back to the office for 996.
