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He travels afaik - he did a lecture in Tokyo on entrepreneurship - his family is back home in China so there is no risk for the govt.
by tibbydudeza 3y ago
He travels afaik - he did a lecture in Tokyo on entrepreneurship - his family is back home in China so there is no risk for the govt.
- jszymborski 3y agoHe lost more than half his wealth and was pushed out of Ant, all just after mysteriously vanishing for some time [0]. Those in China who have power and criticize the PRC are swiftly punished for it and stripped of that power. I know "freedom of speech" is a term that's been significantly watered down in common parlance, but this is the poster child of not having it. [0] https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/business/china-jack-ma-wealth-drop-intl-hnk/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/business/china-jack-ma-wealth...
- angra_mainyu 3y agoWhat about: MacLean, Assange, Manning, Snowden, Crane, Swartz, Drake? McCarthyism? The entire Twitter Files exposé? Arrests over social media arguments (I'm recalling cases particularly in the UK). Both in the US and in Western Europe there's been a frightening and ever faster decay of freedom of speech over the past years.
- jszymborski 3y agoWe were talking about free speech (or the lack there of) in China so I fail to see how any of this is relevant. None of it makes speech any freer in China, none of this means money can save you, none of this is OK or should be tolerated. I'm going to assume you are arguing in good faith, but FYI such "whataboutisms" are the go to defence of bad faith actors when any criticism of China is brought up.