What's up for Alibaba's mobile app strategy?


HONG KONG/BEIJING: Billionaire Jack Ma's Alibaba, the dominant force in China's US$1.6tril e-commerce market, may already have lost a battle with rival Tencent for the world's biggest mobile market.

While Alibaba Group Holding Ltd dominates in e-commerce, Tencent Holdings Ltd has taken over China's smartphone screens with its WeChat, or Weixin, social messaging platform.

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