https://www.scmp.com/rss/322855/feed Jack Ma is the lead founder of Alibaba and has been the group's executive chairman, a role he will step down from in September 2019. He is also the founder of the Zhejiang-based Jack Ma Foundation. He currently serves on the board of SoftBank Corp. He is also a member of the foundation board of the World Economic Forum, chairman of the Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce, and chairman of the China Entrepreneur Club. Alibaba owns, among other organisations, the South China Morning Post. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In sorrowful remembrance of Mr Jin Yong Because of the word xia (a chivalrous hero and the virtue he exemplifies), I have felt close to you for half my life. Your writing is vast, and your heart was true. I love your writing, which is chivalrous and righteous, bright and clean; I love the person you were, an elegant, honest gentleman with a child’s purity. At our first meeting, I was a chatterbox. As I chattered away for three hours, you only smiled and listened to me. I still see this moment in... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2171109/if-not-you-i-wonder-if-there-would-have-been-alibaba-jack-ma-pays?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2171109/if-not-you-i-wonder-if-there-would-have-been-alibaba-jack-ma-pays?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Nov 2018 01:32:11 +0000 As a businessman, I have been encouraged by the US administration’s pro-business policies, like lowering corporate taxes. Now, like many in the business community, I am struggling to understand why a trade war with China would be good for the US economy.  The US has a structural trade deficit with China because of the market forces of comparative advantage: economies produce what they are best at making and import other things. Dollars earned from trade surpluses in China have been recycled to... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/2141070/jack-ma-us-china-trade-war-will-kill-jobs-opportunities-and-hope?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/2141070/jack-ma-us-china-trade-war-will-kill-jobs-opportunities-and-hope?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Apr 2018 09:30:12 +0000 Increased scrutiny is part of becoming a global company. When Alibaba went public in 2014, I told our customers, employees and investors that what we had earned was trust – in myself, my team, and our company’s mission, vision and values. With that trust comes great responsibility. So when I see reports in the press taking my recent words about counterfeit goods out of context, I feel compelled to set the record straight. This is my responsibility to all of our stakeholders. What I shared with... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1979919/todays-internet-driven-world-businesses-must-learn-innovate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1979919/todays-internet-driven-world-businesses-must-learn-innovate?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Jun 2016 04:55:31 +0000