Alibaba chief digs in for mobile software platform battle

Jack Ma Yun, the chairman and chief executive of Alibaba Group, has never been one to shy away from a challenge.

A week after internet giant Google strong-armed Acer into scuttling the launch of a new smartphone that runs Alibaba's self-developed mobile operating system, Ma went on the offensive with a new strategy to expand its reach in the mainland's huge smart devices market.

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