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It is a bizarre twist to claim Jack Ma is somehow threatening US with war over trade frictions. After all the highlight of his trip was to donate $20 million to
by fspeech 10y ago
It is a bizarre twist to claim Jack Ma is somehow threatening US with war over trade frictions. After all the highlight of his trip was to donate $20 million to an Australian university (Newcastle), in return for generous help and friendship he received as a young man over 30 years ago from an Australian family (the Morleys).
"I am very thankful for Australia and the time I spent there in my youth. The culture, the landscape and most importantly its people had a profound impact on my view of the world at that time," Mr Ma said in a statement on Friday.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4444710/an-extraordinary-gift/ http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4444710/an-extraordinary-g...
http://www.afr.com/leadership/innovation/alibaba-billionaire-founder-jack-ma-gives-26m-to-university-of-newcastle-in-memory-of-australian-mentor-20170202-gu4fg3 http://www.afr.com/leadership/innovation/alibaba-billionaire...
- saycheese 10y agoUnclear what Ma's trip has to do with the his statement, is there a connection to you?
- fspeech 10y agoDoes it feel like Jack Ma went to Australia to deliver a threat to the US? He went there to unveil headquarters for Alibaba and to make a donation to an Australian university. He talked about how grateful he was to Australia (as a Western country). To read war threat into a cliche comment is too much.