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NYT on South China Morning Post: Responses

On Saturday, The New York Times published a piece by Javier C. Hernández scrutinizing the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post, two years after its acquisition by mainland tech tycoon Jack Ma’s Alibaba Group. Business has reportedly boomed under the new ownership, with online traffic tripling after the removal of the site’s paywall, but many are wary of Alibaba’s declared aim of using the paper to counter alleged Western media bias against China.