Jack Ma visits Spain, his 1st overseas trip since crackdown

'Study tour' hints at authorities easing up on jet-setting Alibaba founder

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Alibaba founder Jack Ma had disappeared from public view for a time after running afoul of Chinese authorities. © Reuters

NAOKI MATSUDA, Nikkei staff writer

SHANGHAI -- Alibaba Group Holding founder Jack Ma has left China for his first overseas trip in more than a year, after his near-disappearance from the public eye in late 2020.

Ma is visiting Spain on an agricultural "study tour," the Alibaba-owned South China Morning Post reported Tuesday. He traveled to Hong Kong shortly before that to spend time with family, the newspaper said.

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