阿里巴巴再次否認資助美國總統侯選人競選

Chinese Internet giant the Alibaba Holding Group denied last Monday that the company made financial contributions to candidates in the recently-concluded US presidential election, after rumors spread that several Chinese financial institutions and even a Chinese movie star donated tens of millions of dollars to US political causes.

最近有謠言稱幾家中國金融機構、甚至一位中國電影明星向美國大選總統候選人捐獻了數千萬美元，但中國互聯網巨頭阿里巴巴控股集團於上週一否認了這一說法。

In addition to Alibaba, China Minsheng Bank, the Fosun Group, One Foundation and Foxconn are all rumored to have donated money.

除阿里巴巴之外，據傳中國民生銀行、復星集團、壹基金以及富士康等都向美國大選總統候選人捐了款。

Zhao Wei, a movie star, was the individual Chinese donor which contributed the most to the presidential race, according to online rumors which did not explain to which candidate the actress or the firms allegedly gave money.

跟據網上的謠言稱，電影明星趙薇是中國向美國總統大選捐款最多的個人，但卻並沒有指出趙薇和這些公司到底是把錢捐給了哪位候選人。

Alibaba said in a statement sent to the Global Times last Monday that the rumors originally spread on WeChat - a Chinese instant messaging app developed by its competitor Tencent Holdings - and added that the public should help identify the original source of these kinds of rumors, which have already affected many companies and individuals.

阿里巴巴於上週一向《環球時報》發送了一份聲明，稱該謠言最初是從微信開始傳播的。此外阿里還表示，公衆應該幫助找出這些已經影響到了很多企業和個人的謠言的來源。

WeChat helps rumors circulate to some extent, which then eventually become "uncontrollable," Alibaba statement argued.

阿里巴巴在聲明中表示，微信在某種程度上助長了謠言的傳播，使得謠言最終變得“不可控制”。