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China’s economic handicap

The Communist party’s self-interest blocks needed fixes

24 February 2024

9:00 AM

24 February 2024

9:00 AM

Jack Ma, the schoolteacher who co-founded Alibaba Group, so likes attention that in 2019 in front of 60,000 employees he donned oversized purple-tinged glasses, a studded leather jacket with chains and a braided long-haired wig, grabbed an orange electric guitar as a prop, and sang pop songs to mark the e-commerce giant’s 20th birthday.

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