This article doesn't mention the part where Ma criticized regulators in a speech during IPO prep before it was called off [1]. According to the FT (sorry, paywa

This article doesn't mention the part where Ma criticized regulators in a speech during IPO prep before it was called off [1]. According to the FT (sorry, paywalled), this is quite out of character for him and upset both investors and regulators quite a bit. FT suggested that the reaction to that speech was the reason he stepped out of the light for a while and not necessarily the regulatory investigation as implied by this Bloomberg article. https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/06/tech/jack-ma-china-tech-intl-hnk/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/06/tech/jack-ma-china-tech-i... EDIT: Another HN thread with a better article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25842855 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25842855