Tech vs duo in duel for supremacy

Alibaba, Tencent are targeting each other's strongholds in efforts to gain more market share and expand

China's two technology giants are growing more alike than they are different.

After all, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd are both racing up the elite league of the world's most valuable companies. By placing a string of costly bets at home and abroad, both are extending tentacles into previously uncharted territory.