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" 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. "

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" It's impossible for China to keep 10 to 15% growth annually. The economy needed to slow down, and we have to learn to slow down. "

" 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. "

" Trust the young people; trust this generation's innovation. They're making things, changing innovation every day. And all the consumers are the same: they want new things, they want cheap things, they want good things, they want unique things. If we can create these kind of things for consumers, they will come. "

" There's an examination for young people to go to university. I failed it three times. I failed a lot. So I applied to 30 different jobs and got rejected. I went for a job with the police; they said, 'You're no good.' I even went to KFC when it came to my city. Twenty-four people went for the job. Twenty-three were accepted. "

" If the 'Post' can play the role of a connector between the West and the East, I have confidence in the paper's future success. "

" My vision is to build an e-commerce ecosystem that allows consumers and businesses to do all aspects of business online. "

" Our philosophy is that we want to be an ecosystem. Our philosophy is to empower others to sell, empower others to service, making sure the other people are more powerful than us. With our technology, our innovation, our partners - 10 million small business sellers - they can compete with Microsoft and IBM. "

" I don't think I'm a workaholic. Every weekend, I invite my colleagues and friends to my home to play cards. And people, my neighbors, are always surprised because I live on the second floor apartment, and there are usually 40 pairs of shoes in front of my gate, and people play cards inside and play chess. We have a lot of fun. "

" I like to play cards. I'm not very good, because I don't want to calculate, I just play by instinct. But I've learned a lot of business philosophy by playing poker. "

" Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine. "

" I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation. "

" I try to make myself happy, no, because I know that if I'm not happy, my colleagues are not happy and my shareholders are not happy and my customers are not happy. "

" Asia is changing, and China is changing. The 'Post' will have great opportunities. With its access to Alibaba's resources, data, and all the relationships in our ecosystem, the 'Post' can report on Asia and China more accurately compared with other media that have no such access. "

" I think U.S. and Chinese businesses need a common language and dialogue. "

" You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" What kind of business world are we living in? "

" The world needs new leadership, but the new leadership is about working together. "

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" EBay is a great company. There are a lot of good assets and good customers, and the U.S. people love it. "

" We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes. "

" A startup for entrepreneurs is like a baby, and I have five babies so far - experienced father. "

" I'm humble 'cause I think many years ago people say, 'Well, Alibaba's terrible company'. And I know we were not that terrible. We're pretty good; we're better than people thought. But today, when people have a high expectation on you, and I start to worry and nervous because we are not good yet. "

" As a company, we have to be very transparent. We are in a business very related to finance, and I want this company to last long, and I want this company to be audited by everyone. "

" 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. "

" I want people to learn what democracy means. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The lessons I learned from the dark days at Alibaba are that you've got to make your team have value, innovation, and vision. Also, if you don't give up, you still have a chance. And, when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength. "