The co-founder and former executive chairman of Alibaba Group, Jack Ma has been suspected missing for the past 2 months after coming into conflict with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Jack Ma was set to appear as a judge in the final episode of his own talent show, ‘Africa’s Business Heroes’, but mysteriously did not turn up for it and as a consequence, his photographs were removed from the show’s website, The Telegraph, UK, reported.
In October 2020, Jack Ma had flayed the CCP government’s ‘pawnshop’ financial regulators and state-owned banks in an incendiary speech in Shanghai. Further, he also mentioned that system reforms are stifling business innovation and the global banking regulations are like ‘old people’s club’.
However, President Xi Jinping-led Central Communist Party government didn’t like Ma’s criticisms. They even suppressed his business activities.
In November, officials in Beijing reprimanded Ma and suspended the blockbuster $37billion initial public offering of his Ant Group on the direct order of President Jinping, the Wall Street Journal reported.
“Due to a schedule conflict Mr. Ma could no longer be part of the finale judge panel of Africa’s Business Heroes earlier this year (2020),” an Alibaba spokesperson said.
Having said that, this gave rise to Jack Ma’s disappearance from the public for the past 2 months. His sudden vanishment is raising the eyebrows and questions on him as well as on the Chinese Government.
Check it out:
hey quick question where’s Jack Ma?
— Geoff Lewis (@GeoffLewisOrg) January 3, 2021
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma is missing after criticizing the Chinese government. Wow. This would be like the U.S. government kidnapping Jeff Bezos or Mark Zuckerberg to teach them a lesson. https://t.co/AREly0Ba7M
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) January 4, 2021
Where is Chinese billionaire Jack Ma? He has not made any public appearance in 2 months. He criticised Chinese regulators and state-owned banks in Shanghai in October. https://t.co/SyIZZOYMqn
— Smita Prakash (@smitaprakash) January 4, 2021
He’s been missing for > 2 months?!
Really shows the difference in China v. U.S media.
If Bezos missed lunch it’d be on the cover of the NYT the next morning. https://t.co/93O1KDPwzS
— Austin Rief ☕️ (@austin_rief) January 4, 2021
Jack Ma—now missing—has done a better job upsetting really powerful people than anybody else on the planet.
Strictly speaking that’s not illegal. But as @navalny will tell you, it’s plenty dangerous.
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) January 4, 2021
How is anybody talking about anything other than Jack Ma’s disappearance?
— Phil Bak 🎩 (@philbak1) January 4, 2021
Jack Ma isn’t missing… he’s a guest of the Chinese Communist Party in a reeducation camp. Seriously, this is nuts! https://t.co/h4WTXxZAsI
— jason@calacanis.com (@Jason) January 4, 2021
This is what happens every day in #CCPChina🇨🇳 when you live under a totalitarian regime. Doesn’t matter who you are. Say the wrong thing and you’re gone.https://t.co/3CMgdtFtYh
— Fight For Freedom. Stand With Hong Kong. 重光團隊 (@Stand_with_HK) January 4, 2021
A mafia president, and a missing Chinese billionaire.
This year is off to a roaring start! https://t.co/6BO585lUZN— Suchitra Vijayan (@suchitrav) January 4, 2021
How many times have I tweeted about the dangers of the CCP… too many to count
I hope Jack Ma is found and safe, this is a worldwide crises
— Gannon Breslin (@rebelmarkets) January 4, 2021
August 2019
Miles Guo
PREDICTION:
Jack Ma will either
wind up in jail or dead. pic.twitter.com/Bi3VmfGebb— Kevin McCashion 🇺🇸 (@Kevin_McCashion) January 4, 2021
Fellas, is it socialist to do capitalism? pic.twitter.com/T8V33YsMTQ
— Thought Slime (@ThoughtSlime) December 31, 2020
All Chinese ADR owners right now reading about Jack Ma. pic.twitter.com/qK0zgf7bhE
— Long Short Value (@LSValue) January 4, 2021
China is seeking to shrink Jack Ma’s tech and financial empire and potentially take a larger stake in his businesses, people familiar with the matter say https://t.co/C8lu0Zkj7H
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 29, 2020