I knew China was on the right track when Jack Ma started acting like a western billionaire and they disappeared him for a while.
It was funny seeing the western "leftists" suddenly stan a billionaire because their anticommunism is stronger than their anticapitalism
I remember that, too. Though unfortunately, I've read he is still a member or associate of the CPC. I don't know if that is true or not, but at least the party pulled the leash.
I doubt they have a problem with him in general, just that they obviously made it clear that they’re not going to allow him a soapbox to try and drum up support for western style liberalism. If they wanted him gone, he’d have died in an unfortunate helicopter accident. I’m guessing that they made that clear to him in so many words shortly before he went on hiatus.
Jack Ma has a property in the middle of New York adirondacks. Anyone know any information about that?
Apparently it was owned by one of the Rockefellers and had some crazy creepy shit going on there from what locals said; both in the past and during the present.
It's interesting how the heading includes "potentially dangerous" but the article never follows up on that bit. I guess any story about China just has to sound scary.
It's clearly scary for oligarchs who are used to being able to live like kings.
True true, the moment they realize rules actually do apply to them would be a bit unsettling I'm sure.
I suppose "cracking down on corruption" is a scary phrase for some of these people too.
And censured again. Weibo gonna censor flaunting of luxe stuff.
Economic worries have taken center stage as the slump in the housing market deepened, fueling pessimism among consumers. Where once was a gilded age, social media users now refer to the present era as the “garbage time of history.” Coco Li, 46, used to spend about HK$600,000 ($77,000) a year — or roughly 20% of her income — buying luxury items. After losing her job as an executive at a multinational company in Hong Kong, she’s curtailed her habit and put some of her Hermes handbags up for sale on mainland Chinese online platforms.
The things the petty bourgeoise say sometimes are just completely unhinged.
