Jack Ma Quotes
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People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money.
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When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month.
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Every technological revolution takes about 50 years.
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The name Jack was given by an American tourist.
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What a publication can do is to help people get a clearer picture without jumping to any rash conclusion. I'm very happy that the 'Post' can take the responsibility to report on China in a broader and deeper way. I believe the 'Post' must be fair to our readers. We should let our readers see China from more angles and perspectives.
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Every government says they love small businesses, but what have they done for them? We should pull down all the barriers.
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It's impossible for China to keep 10 to 15% growth annually. The economy needed to slow down, and we have to learn to slow down.
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Spending money is much more difficult than making money.
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I'm humble 'cause I think many years ago people say, 'Well, Alibaba's terrible company'. And I know we were not that terrible. We're pretty good; we're better than people thought. But today, when people have a high expectation on you, and I start to worry and nervous because we are not good yet.
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I tell the government, if people have no jobs, you are in trouble. Government will be in trouble. My job is to help more people have jobs.
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Asia is changing, and China is changing. The 'Post' will have great opportunities. With its access to Alibaba's resources, data, and all the relationships in our ecosystem, the 'Post' can report on Asia and China more accurately compared with other media that have no such access.
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A trade war would be a disaster for the world. It's very easy to slip into a trade war.
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I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation.
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Alibaba is an ecosystem that helps small business to grow.
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The American multinational companies made millions and millions of dollars from globalization.
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The world is getting so small. Young people are mobile; they want to travel around the world. When you travel around the world, you exchange culture, you want to make friends, you want to exchange things.
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If the 'Post' can play the role of a connector between the West and the East, I have confidence in the paper's future success.
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Today the financial market is no good, but the money is there.
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The more I come to know about the outside world's perception of China, the more I feel there are all sorts of misunderstandings, and to a certain extent, people do not get the full picture from the media. A lot of foreigners have few opportunities to visit China, and a lot of Chinese people do not have the chance to go to Europe or to the West.
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EBay is a great company. There are a lot of good assets and good customers, and the U.S. people love it.
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I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important.
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I believe the most important thing for the media is to be objective, fair, and balanced. We should not report a story with preconceptions or prejudice.