In other short-related news, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) 's executive vice chairman, Joseph Tsai, recently commented at the Delivering Alpha conference that short seller Jim Chanos has withstood a lot of pain shorting Alibaba's stock (Alibaba shares are up by 23% year-to-date and are over 65% higher than its yearly low point). One reason Jim Chanos ' Kynikos Associates might be short is that the fund feels that Alibaba hasn't disclosed all of its financials. Tsai responded to Chanos' assertions by saying that Alibaba has provided "full disclosure" in terms of its logistics business. Tsai also added that "He doesn't seem to try to understand the business and understand the power of the digital economy in China."