Alibaba founder Jack Ma is lying low for the time being, but he’s not missing

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12 points·LopRabbit··11 comments

...according to a person familiar with the matter...

It amazes me that this passes as journalism. This, along with an anonymous source should be automatically translated to completely made-up until further evidence is presented.

The original source that said he was disappeared is even thinner on evidence. What can be asserted with little evidence can be dismissed with little evidence.

In any case, there's no alternative to anonymous sources, and no one actually seems to have an issue with them until it contradicts their personal narrative, from what I've seen be upvoted and downvoted on this website.

Disappearing isn't thinner. Just open it's social profiles and will see it.

Evidence is not anymore consistent with disappearance than laying low, and it seems he has been present at some corporate events.

It's not uncommon for East Asian CEOs to completely stop public appearance when they are in this amount of trouble at all.

Jack Ma failed to show up for his own reality show.

He disappeared.

Yeah, I'll wait for proof instead of trusting one anonymous source that only spoke to CNBC, thanks.

Yeah, why wouldn’t a person in a country known for its oppression just identify himself when talking about someone who was or wasn’t disappeared by the government of that country?

According to who?

Possibly true

so, imprisoned?

Possibly in queue for reeducation camp ?

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