rest of the world. the company became an internet bow hee method. it s china s ams, google, ebay, paypal, and more. by 2014 jack ma had arrived on the new york stock exchange to ring the bell. it was the world s biggest initial public offering. it beat out facebook, intel, amazon, you name it. it unlocked a huge amount of potential. check giants like alibaba show cased china s rise to the leading edge of economic and technological power. when xi took control in 2012, many expected him to continue to open china s economy like his predecessors. there was a belief among all the leaders in the west that china would continue to integrate towards a private