Alibaba Pictures riles writers with new line

Alibaba Pictures has managed to offend China's scriptwriters in one fell swoop - or perhaps it does not need them to fulfill its film dreams.

Over the weekend, a remark by one of its executives angered so many of the country's top scribes that many said they would not work for the new film company.

This is despite it being backed by Alibaba Group, a leading global e-commerce company.