Chinese businessman Jack Ma resurfaces after disappearing in October
High-profile entrepreneur met 100 rural teachers via a live video meeting after months of speculation about his whereabouts
Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group
Credit: Charles Platiau /Reuters
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma reappeared in public on Wednesday for the first time in two months after he appeared to have fallen afoul of the government for publicly criticizing Chinese regulators and state-owned banks late last year.
Mr Ma, a former teacher-turned-founder of internet giant Alibaba, joined an annual award ceremony for rural teachers on Wednesday via video link dated January 20, according to Chinese media.
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Jack Ma has made his first live appearance in three months in an online meet
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma met 100 rural teachers in China via a live video meeting on Wednesday morning
This was his first appearance since October
SHANGHAI: Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma met 100 rural teachers in China via a live video meeting on Wednesday morning, in the businessman`s first appearance since October, triggering a sharp jump in the Hong Kong-listed shares of the e-commerce giant.
Social media speculation over the whereabouts of China`s highest-profile entrepreneur swirled this month after news reports that he missed the final episode of a TV show featuring him as a judge, amid a regulatory clampdown by Beijing on his sprawling business empire.
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Beijing: Putting an end to all speculation, Chinese entrepreneur and Alibaba founder Jack Ma made his first public appearance since October of last year in a video meeting with 100 teachers of rural China.
Tianmu News, a news portal under Zhejiang Online, a provincial Zhejiang government-backed news website, reported the meeting on Wednesday.
The video meeting was part of an annual event Ma hosts to recognize rural educators. In a video of the event that has since been circulated widely online, Ma spoke about his plans to increase his philanthropic work.