A good point. But on the other hand, Jack Ma being a CCP member clearly doesn't mean that Ant is automatically a state-controlled company, as evidenced by this

A good point. But on the other hand, Jack Ma being a CCP member clearly doesn't mean that Ant is automatically a state-controlled company, as evidenced by this event: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24979327 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24979327