What Alibaba's Giant IPO Says About America's Acceptance Of China

Tongues whose closest contact with China might only be tofu in a Chinatown restaurant in the U.S. or Europe are aflutter this week about the Chinese IPO that may be the world’s largest ever: e-commerce giant Alibaba Group.  Because of Alibaba’s heft – it accounts for as much as 80% of e-commerce in China and could dwarf nearly all U.S. Internet businesses with $250 billion in market capitalization, there plenty of great questions for the investing public.   Not the least: Is this a stoc...