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" My job is to help more people have jobs. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" The American multinational companies made millions and millions of dollars from globalization. "

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

" If you're doing business, not that simple to only buy. You have to create something. You have to create something that never exist for the future. "

" 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. "

" Year 2008 wiped out $19.2 trillion in US income... What if the money was spent on the Midwest of the United States? "

" I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected. "

" Our philosophy is, using internet technology, we can make every company become Amazon. "

" A peace talk is always difficult, always complicated. "

" 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. "

" The most important thing is to make the technology inclusive - make the world change. Next, pay attention to those people who are 30 years old, because those are the internet generation. They will change the world; they are the builders of the world. "

Change The World

" The difference between Amazon and us is Amazon is more like an empire - everything they control themselves, buy and sell. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There are big problems that change the world. If we are working together, that will make us understand each other, appreciate each other, help each other. "

Working Together

" I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes. "

" 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. "

" I want to stress the importance of being fair to our readers. You should not impose your own view and prejudice on the readers and try to lead them to a conclusion. As a reader, I understand what a fair report is. "

" 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. "

" The big businesses are less willing to take risks. I talked to some young people in Hong Kong, and they said they are lost. Young people indeed have fewer opportunities than before. But is it true that there are no more opportunities for them? No! "

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" Before I left China, I was educated that China was the richest, happiest country in the world. So when I arrived Australia, I thought, 'Oh my God, everything is different from what I was told.' Since then, I started to think differently. "

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" 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. "