It's clear that Jack Ma Yun still enjoys much of the influence he has built up over the years despite keeping a low profile in recent months. Given the sensitive key words of "Ma", "Hangzhou" and "national security," anyone could have anticipated a stampede in the market. Strictly speaking, the reports were correct, based on facts presumably supplied by the national security authority - only that the suspect had a surname the same as Jack Ma and was detained by the authority in Hangzhou, where Jack Ma is also based. It was a coincidence - if Jack Ma not been so famous internationally, who would have alluded to the Alibaba co-founder? Although it did not look like a conspiracy in most aspects, the incident showed that anything in relation to "Ma" could be sensitive due to a commonly understood Chinese characteristic.

Source: The Standard May 06, 2022 03:19 UTC