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Alibaba founder Jack Ma visits old friends in Australia

Michael Smith
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Tokyo | Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba and one of China’s richest men, has made a personal visit to Australia to see the family that befriended him before he founded his multibillion dollar e-commerce empire.

Images of Mr Ma in Melbourne have been widely distributed on Chinese social media this week amid talk that he is no longer out of favour with Xi Jinping’s regime after disappearing for three months in late 2020.

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Michael Smith is the health editor for The Australian Financial Review. He is based in Sydney. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.smith@afr.com

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