Sometimes the biggest investment opportunity isn’t buying a new company. It’s recognising what an existing company already owns. Alibaba ($BABA / 9988.HK) may be preparing to unlock precisely that opportunity. Its proposed spin-off and Hong Kong listing of T-Head (Pingtouge), its wholly owned semiconductor subsidiary, could represent something considerably more important than another Chinese technology IPO. It could be a catalyst for an entirely different valuation of Alibaba. And potentially, the wider Hong Kong technology market. 1. The hidden value inside Alibaba For years, Alibaba has largely been valued as an e-commerce and cloud computing business. But that description increasingly overlooks an important part of its future: its investment in artificial intelligence and semiconductor