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" The American multinational companies made millions and millions of dollars from globalization. "
Jack Ma
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" When I was 12 years old, I got interested in learning English. "
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" 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. "
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" Alibaba spends money on improving the products and services, not on kickbacks. That's a good thing. It's called a value system, and because of that, we get more and more small- to medium-sized companies to support us in China. "
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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. "
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" I tell the government, if people have no jobs, you are in trouble. Government will be in trouble. My job is to help more people have jobs. "
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" My vision is to build an e-commerce ecosystem that allows consumers and businesses to do all aspects of business online. "
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" I don't shop online, but my wife buys everything at home. We buy sea crabs, fresh crabs, all kinds of things. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" IBM, Microsoft, the profit they made was larger than the top four banks in China put together... But where did the money go? "
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" Every time there's an election, people start to criticize China. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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