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" Every government says they love small businesses, but what have they done for them? We should pull down all the barriers. "
Jack Ma
Love
Small
Government
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" Today the financial market is no good, but the money is there. "
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" The difference between Amazon and us is Amazon is more like an empire - everything they control themselves, buy and sell. "
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Everything
Empire
Control
" What a publication can do is to help people get a clearer picture without jumping to any rash conclusion. I'm very happy that the 'Post' can take the responsibility to report on China in a broader and deeper way. I believe the 'Post' must be fair to our readers. We should let our readers see China from more angles and perspectives. "
Jack Ma
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" I am going to enjoy some other things apart from business. "
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I Am
Going
Enjoy
" The world is getting so small. Young people are mobile; they want to travel around the world. When you travel around the world, you exchange culture, you want to make friends, you want to exchange things. "
Jack Ma
Travel
World
Culture
" You American people worry too much about the China economy. Every time you think China is a problem, we get better, but when you have a high expectation for China, China is always a problem. "
Jack Ma
Think
People
American
" When I was starting out, I thought about how the Internet is global and that we should have a global name, a name that's interesting. At that time, the best name was Yahoo! Suddenly I thought, 'Alibaba is a good name.' "
Jack Ma
Time
Good
Out
" My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure more people get rich, because you cannot spend a lot of money, right? So my job is spending money, helping others. This is a headache. "
Jack Ma
You
I Am
Job
" Helping doing business easier, we choose the name Alibaba because it is a global company. It is founded in China, but it was created for the world. "
Jack Ma
Choose
World
Name
" I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important. "
Jack Ma
History
Change
Life
" My dream was to set up my own e-commerce company. In 1999, I gathered 18 people in my apartment and spoke to them for two hours about my vision. Everyone put their money on the table, and that got us $60,000 to start Alibaba. I wanted to have a global company, so I chose a global name. "
Jack Ma
People
Own
Name
" When we started the e-commerce, nobody believed that China would have e-commerce because people believed in 'guang-shi,' face-to-face, and all kinds of network in traditional ways. There's no trust system in China. "
Jack Ma
Trust
China
Nobody
" Hong Kong people say Hong Kong needs to preserve its uniqueness. I say Hong Kong's uniqueness is in its diversity, its tolerance of difference cultures... China does not want to see Hong Kong in decline. I have full confidence in its future. "
Jack Ma
Future
People
Confidence
" A peace talk is always difficult, always complicated. "
Jack Ma
Peace
Always
Talk
" When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month. "
Jack Ma
Pay
University
Cost
" The more I come to know about the outside world's perception of China, the more I feel there are all sorts of misunderstandings, and to a certain extent, people do not get the full picture from the media. A lot of foreigners have few opportunities to visit China, and a lot of Chinese people do not have the chance to go to Europe or to the West. "
Jack Ma
Perception
Chance
People
" I absolutely don't have $20 billion. But I'd love to, right? "
Jack Ma
Right
Billion
Love
" My vision is to build an e-commerce ecosystem that allows consumers and businesses to do all aspects of business online. "
Jack Ma
Build
Ecosystem
Vision
" I believe the most important thing for the media is to be objective, fair, and balanced. We should not report a story with preconceptions or prejudice. "
Jack Ma
Story
Fair
Believe
" I even don't dare to watch our stock price, because this is what other people think who you are. I dare not watch it. I think, let the market take care of themselves; we should take care of the business. "
Jack Ma
Dare
Care
Business
" Every technological revolution takes about 50 years. "
Jack Ma
Years
Revolution
Technological
" I think young generation is always better than last generation. No matter you like it or don't like it. My father said, 'Jack, I'm so good, you'll never be' - but I'm better than him. My father is better than my grandfather. My children will be better than us. "
Jack Ma
Father
Better
Good
" Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine. "
Jack Ma
Up
Today
Sunshine
" China's government is so strong on investment, so strong on exporting, but they're too weak on domestic consumption. "
Jack Ma
Government
Weak
Investment
" I'm just a purist. What is important in my life is that I can do something that can influence many people and influence China's development. When I am myself, I am relaxed and happy and have a good result. "
Jack Ma
Happy
Myself
Good
" I respect Apple. It's a great company that changed the world, especially the mobile time. "
Jack Ma
Apple
Great
Respect
" If you want to invest in us, we believe customer number one, employee number two, shareholder number three. If they don't want to buy that, that's fine. If they regret, they can sell us. "
Jack Ma
Three
You
Customer
" I know nothing about technology. "
Jack Ma
Nothing
Know
About
" I think Yahoo is a great company, with great assets. "
Jack Ma
Assets
Think
Great
" Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in their minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world. "
Jack Ma
Small
Change
People