英國《金融時報》稱，阿里巴巴創始人馬雲在東京生活了半年

Recently Yahoo News on-line reported the following:

Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Living in Tokyo for Half a Year, FT Says

Vlad Savov

Wed, November 30, 2022 at 8:20 a.m.

(Bloomberg) -- Chinese entrepreneur Jack Ma has been living in Tokyo for nearly six months, after Beijing’s crackdown on the technology sector, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.

The co-founder of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has punctuated his stay in Japan with trips to the countryside and regular visits to the US and Israel, the paper said, citing people with knowledge of his whereabouts. Ma is a close friend of Masayoshi Son, founder of Tokyo-based SoftBank Group Corp. and an early investor in Alibaba.

Once China’s wealthiest and most prominent tech leader, Ma retreated from the spotlight in recent years after his criticism of government regulation landed him in trouble with Beijing, derailing the initial public offering of fintech giant Ant Group Co. That was followed by an expansive crackdown on the private sector in China, particularly aimed at reining in the power of internet firms. His rare public appearances since then have been closely watched.

In Tokyo, Ma has kept to a handful of private members’ clubs in the central districts of Ginza and Marunouchi, the FT said. He’s also brought along his personal chef and security staff and become an enthusiastic modern art collector, the paper added.

Ma, previously a high-profile fixture at business conferences, led large-scale international donations of protective equipment and other gear the world needed in the early days of the pandemic.

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（彭博社）- 據英國《金融時報》週二報導，在北京對科技行業進行打壓之後，中國企業家馬雲已經在東京生活了近六個月。

該報援引知情人士的話說，這位阿里巴巴集團控股有限公司的聯合創始人在日本逗留期間經常去鄉下旅行，並定期訪問美國和以色列。 馬雲是總部位於東京的軟銀集團公司創始人孫正義的密友，也是阿里巴巴的早期投資者。

馬雲曾經是中國最富有和最傑出的科技領袖，但由於對政府監管的批評使他在北京惹上麻煩，導致金融科技巨頭螞蟻集團的首次公開募股受阻，馬雲近年來逐漸淡出人們的視線。 那是在中國對私營企業大規模鎮壓之後，特別是專注於控制互聯網公司。 自那以後，他罕見的公開露面一直受到密切關注。

英國《金融時報》稱，在東京，馬雲一直在銀座和丸之內中心區的幾家私人會員俱樂部出入。 該報補充說，他還帶來了自己的私人廚師和保安人員，並成為一名熱情的現代藝術收藏家。

馬雲在商業會議上曾是個高調人物，在病毒大流行初期領導了大規模國際捐贈防護設備和世界所需的其他裝備。

       So, in the mind set of CCP leaders, no one is indispensable when come to protecting its power to rule. Ma is probably in a self-imposed exile in Japan after his criticism of government regulation landed him in trouble with Chinese leaders. I am wondering whether business in China can flourish and attract investments from overseas for ever under a totalitarian rule.