Jack Ma retires as Alibaba’s chairman

Re:Jack Ma retires as Alibaba’s chairman by hboon on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @04:48AM (#20926251)

Re English.

According to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ma:

> "Ma attended Hangzhou Teacher's Institute (currently known as Hangzhou Normal University) and graduated in 1988 with a B.A. in English.[15][16] While at school, Ma was head of the student council.[17] After graduation, he became a lecturer in English and International Trade at Hangzhou Dianzi University."

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Re:Jack Ma retires as Alibaba’s chairman by carlmr on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @04:52AM (#20926268)

Ok, that is a good point, I didn't know this in terms of his background. The way he expressed himself at least didn't feel like he had a BA in English.

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Re:Jack Ma retires as Alibaba’s chairman by hboon on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @04:59AM (#20926304)

I don't think he speaks very good English (verbally). But from past interviews, he seem to have quite a good command of it.

I'm not judging either of them based on 1 interview; just saying language is not the reason his is good or bad.

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