Why did Alibaba's Jack Ma disappear for three months?

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Alibaba's Jack Ma appeared to fall out of favour after criticising China's regulators.

Jack Ma - seen here at an Alibaba event - is estimated to be worth more than $50bnIn November 2020, on the eve of another commercial success, the outspoken billionaire suddenly went missing.

His latest venture, Ant Group, commands the digital payment market in China through its Alipay mobile finance app.The company is aiming to revolutionise banking in China, shifting power away from traditional institutions. The Alibaba founder had accused Chinese banks of operating with a "pawn-shop mentality". He had also claimed that the authorities were trying to "use the way to manage a railway station to manage an airport" when it came to regulating the new world of digital finance.

"I believe it was a big surprise for him. He would never have crossed that line if he had known how bad it could go."

 

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Erm, what.

the last place i would look for unbiased, impartial information on China or Russia is the US, i mean UK state media channel BBC...

Political reform-education and neural implant?

Anyone else never heard of him?

Re-education camp?

Abducted by aliens?

Winnie the pooh had him cleaning his house for 3months

Who cares ?

Racis

It must be a slow news day

He went on holiday

Does his disappearance made any difference to the people who love Macdondals burgers 🍔 and fries 🍟 ?

Can you see how if they remove 'did' and make dissapear past tense, it becomes real reporting? Not even clickable.

He got re-educated to love the party and bow down to it

The BBC? Rubbish media just confound black and white, do not know right and wrong, complicit in torture

I know you know BBC

Why do ppl keep saying it's a developing country. They're pretty developed. Per Capital GDP is meaningless. Per Capita GDP in California is higher than elsewhere in the US but the cost of living is terrible. Compare the GDP if middle America and it's coasts, it's night & Day

Recording a rock album ?

Xi 🧸security law will crash Tencent ant 🐜 jack ma

. Olympic Spirit ❤ ❤ . Cheer them 🤗 🤗 when CCP China 😍 Uighur Genocide ! . Clap your hands 👏 👏 when CCP China destroys Hong Kong ! . Is it Beau Biden's spirit 🤔 😳 ? . Cheer China Winter Olympics ? .

Those who have not opened their hearts to THE LORD come to Church, but still walk in the wicked ways of the world.

Because his country is run by communist gangsters?

9 month sentence, released on tag after 3 for good behaviour and high prison occupancy rates?

Maybe she had a baby

I didn’t know he was, like, a metal dude.

Re-education program of who is really the boss.

Looks like he had some work done.

Apparently he spent those 3 months perfecting his Johnny Cash tribute act.

To remind people the BBC existed?

I remember the times when as a trader you weren’t allowed to use alibaba to make deals...

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