First appearance since October: Jack Ma appears again

First appearance since October
Jack Ma reappears

For the first time since October there is a public appearance by Jack Ma. In a video he reports on charitable causes. There are no comments about his disappearance for months – or the government action against his companies.

For the first time since the end of October, the Chinese billionaire Jack Ma has appeared again in public. Chinese state media broadcast a video message by the 56-year-old reportedly targeting 100 teachers in rural areas. Ma announced in the video that she wanted to do more for charitable purposes than before.

"During these days I have studied and thought together with my colleagues. We are now even more determined to devote ourselves to education and charity," said Ma in his address at an annual event of his foundation.

The founder of the Chinese online giant Alibaba had not appeared publicly since the end of October since he sharply criticized the Chinese regulators in a speech. Subsequently there was speculation about Ma's disappearance.

At the beginning of November, the authorities also stopped the planned IPO of the Alibaba financial subsidiary Ant Group with reference to new rules. It should have been the biggest IPO of all time. Alibaba also got caught in the crossfire on another front, which is now also being investigated by the Chinese antitrust authorities for alleged monopoly offenses.

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