Jack Ma makes first live appearance in three months in online meet

Post by saagarjha » Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 10:24 AM UTC

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Please don't break the site guidelines like this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Honestly though, don't you think that's a valid question - asking for qualitative responses? Notice how the user responded to you, as an authority, I hope you're aware of that power dynamic as well. I've also thought I'd love to see a Netflix style documentary of "a day in dang's life" to help us get to know you, to humanize you more + would be good marketing for HN and YCombinator. You're often very poetic in your r…

Post by austhrow743 » Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 10:27 AM UTC

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Does anyone have any book recommendations for non-chinese people to understand CCP power structures? I'm completely lost in all of this Jack Ma stuff.

Post by Aunche » Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 10:29 AM UTC

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How much more mental gymnastics do we need? I think it's time to accept that he WASN'T jailed rather than trying to forcefully shoehorn the facts into a 'but China still bad' narrative. The HN commentary went from 'Jack Ma is a national security threat' to 'Jack Ma is a poor victim of the CCP will will never be seen again' to 'this is fake, he is still jailed'. If he shows up someone else in person next time, will pe…

So... where's multi-billionaire Xiao Jianhua? After being abducted from the Four Seasons in Hong Kong by the CCP, he popped up to explain he was seeking medical treatment on the mainland (haha) three years ago , and nobody's heard from him since. Also laying low? Or do you think he's discovered a new love of mining rare earth minerals in Xinjiang? C'mon now, this isn't exactly some big exoneration one way or the othe…

Post by netsharc » Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 10:31 AM UTC

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Total bullshit. This is the CCP stepping on this man's throat.

It's certainly possible but the fact is that there's no evidence or indication one way or the other at this point.

Post by jolux » Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 10:39 AM UTC

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Just a note — there is basically zero chance that Jeff Bezos would face any sort of governmental action if he "pissed off a guy in a government department," however influential that person may be. AWS just blocked Parler, and I'm sure our current president — arguably the most powerful man on Earth (until tomorrow) — was not very happy with that. We don't see Jeff Bezos in hiding for doing that, nor would he have to g…

Well, I'd just have to respectfully disagree then. As someone who runs my own company, I know better than to pick a quarrel with my customers, even if I don't agree with those customers on a political or whatever level. It's not at all strange to have multiple factions in an organizations who are after multiple vendors, as tool for an internal power war. Maybe if I piss off the guy who chose me as vendor, then his ri…