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Alibaba Stock Surges; The AI Rally Isn’t Over, It’s Just Moved to China

Dow Jones07-08 19:35

By George Glover

Online retailer Alibaba was leading a Chinese tech rally on Wednesday, as investors carried on ditching U.S. and South Korean memory-chip makers.

The Chinese tech rally could be a sign that investors are pivoting toward developers of large-language models, after a monthslong spell of dominance for memory-chip makers like Micron and SK Hynix.

Barron’s argued on Monday that Chinese AI companies were well-positioned to disrupt the industry, given their chatbots are cheap relative to offerings from the likes of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Alphabet.

Alibaba has sought to position its Qwen large-language model as a ChatGPT rival, but its ADRs have slumped 33% in 2026, dragged down by worries about the company’s aggressive AI spending plans.

Still, the rally could be a sign that the stock is about to turn a corner. Alibaba briefed analysts on Wednesday that its overall profit held steady over the June quarter, local outlet Jiemian News reported.

Alibaba didn’t respond to a request for comment from Barron’s.

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