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Jack Ma flees tech crackdown to Tokyo in twilight of neoliberalism

Alibaba founder built wealth under Jiang Zemin's open policy

Alibaba founder Jack Ma has apparently been living in Tokyo for almost six months.   © Reuters

TOKYO -- Jack Ma, the founder of Chinese internet giant Alibaba Group, appears to be keeping a low profile.

"He looked a little tired," said a business person who met Ma in Tokyo recently.

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