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- Temu's parent company, PDD Holdings, is currently more valuable than Alibaba.
- PDD's market cap overtook Alibaba a day after Jack Ma praised the rival ecommerce upstart.
- PDD's market cap is nearly $185 billion, while Alibaba's market cap is nearly $184 billion.
Chinese tech giant Alibaba hasn't had the easiest time in the past three years.
Alibaba ā and its larger-than-life cofounder, Jack Ma ā dominated the Chinese e-commerce sector for over a decade.