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Hui Ka Yan & Jack Ma to Zhong Shanshan — Why China’s billionaires aren’t as rich as they look

Looking at Chinese billionaires’ paper wealth can be misleading, because the bulk of their riches comes from their stock holdings.

Jack Ma emerges for first time since China’s crackdown on Ant, Alibaba

Jack Ma addressed teachers via livestream Wednesday and talked about how he’ll spend more time on philanthropy. He didn’t mention his recent run-ins with Beijing.

Jack Ma just has to survive Xi Jinping’s purge and return as China’s Gorbachev

It is unlikely that billionaire Jack, who was last seen publicly in late October 2020, would go into self-hiding. And even if he is ‘lying low’, it is only to dodge the Xi Jinping administration.

Xi’s push against Jack Ma sparks new threat for China’s tech giants

Beijing’s pursuit of Ant Group plays directly into the hands of China’s biggest critics in Washington. US authorities are now debating whether to ban investments in Alibaba & Tencent.

In China, campaign-style law enforcement isn’t a new phenomenon

The roots of contemporary law enforcement campaigns can be traced back to the revolutionary period of the Chinese Communist Party, which often needed to rely on mass movements.

Zhong Shanshan, the lone wolf Chinese tycoon who beat Mukesh Ambani to become Asia’s richest

Zhong Shanshan, chairman of Chinese bottled-water company Nongfu Spring, beat Warren Buffett, Larry Page and Steve Ballmer to become the sixth wealthiest person on earth.

Why Jack Ma’s Ant will never be a super-unicorn again

Morphing back into a clearly defined financial services player and away from the fuzzy fintech giant operations won’t be too tough for Ant. The hard part is capital commitment.

Mirror Now on Munawar arrest, India Today on the implications of Jack Ma ‘missing’ 

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

Where is Jack Ma? Speculation on whereabouts grows after Ant Group co-founder skips TV show

Jack Ma hasn’t been seen in public since Chinese regulators torpedoed Ant’s $35 billion IPO, then tightened fintech regulations and launched an antitrust probe into Alibaba Group.

Ant, Yukos and the warning to rebel billionaires

Similarities between Yukos debacle in Russia & China's crackdown on Alibaba are striking — 2 political systems led by strongmen with penchant for cutting hubristic entrepreneurs to size.

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Jana Sangh leader VK Malhotra brought Advani to Delhi, kept the party afloat after 1984 setback

Unlike his colleagues from the time of the BJS, several of whom became governors and held other constitutional posts, Malhotra chose to lead a quiet and simple retired life after the massive 2014 victory of the BJP.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

In Nepal, young dreams of serving in Indian Army crash as Agnipath halts a centuries-old tradition

Since 1815, Nepali Gorkhas have served in Indian & British Armies, as well as in Bihar, Bengal & Assam Police. Since Agnipath scheme came in, no Nepal-domiciled Gorkha has enlisted.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.