Well two things. First Jack Ma is at the top of the dogpile. So it's in his interests that his workers just work for him with no regard to a work-life balance

Well two things. First Jack Ma is at the top of the dogpile. So it's in his interests that his workers just work for him with no regard to a work-life balance. Secondly, if the 996 schedule has some support of the party, as evident by the Github repo being blocked by browsers, then Jack Ma needs to show he's on board or be quiet. Failure to do so could get real ugly for him.