The really remarkable thing about the fraud at Alibaba, which caused its shares to plunge last week, is the company’s response to it. No one should be remotely surprised that China’s leading online bazaar for small businesses attracted a few scumbags at the fringes. It is not surprising, either, that a small minority of the company’s staff assisted their activities, intentionally or otherwise, in order to hit their own sales targets. Rather, the big sell-off of the HK$77bn (US$10bn) company was caused by its decision to eject its chief executive and chief operating officer.
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