The Jack Ma Takedown: The Real Reason China Crushed Alibaba (Episode 4)

Описание: 📘 Based on Shaun Rein’s The Split: Finding the Opportunities in China's Economy in the New World Order (2024) — Get the book → https://amzn.to/4baIzYG

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💥 The Jack Ma Takedown: The Real Reason China Crushed Alibaba
Why would China destroy its most successful company? Why would Beijing take down Jack Ma — the face of Chinese entrepreneurship?

In this deep dive, Shaun Rein unpacks the real story behind the Alibaba crackdown — the speech that triggered it, the monopoly that justified it, and the reset that changed the entire Chinese tech landscape.

Western headlines painted it as a political purge — Xi vs. Jack Ma, power vs. profit. But as Rein reveals through firsthand accounts from executives, entrepreneurs, and investors, the truth is far more complex — and far more strategic.

In this episode, you’ll learn:
💣 Why Jack Ma’s speech at the Bund Summit was the spark — not the cause — of the crackdown
🏦 How Ant Group’s $34B IPO could have triggered China’s version of a subprime crisis
🦈 Why Alibaba behaved like a “Mafia,” forcing brands into 二选一 — “Choose One of Two”
📉 How the crackdown dismantled China’s internet duopoly and opened space for new innovators
⚖️ Why Beijing’s “Common Prosperity” agenda is less about control — and more about stability
🚀 How companies like Pinduoduo and Douyin rose from Alibaba’s shadow to redefine e-commerce
🧠 Why the next Chinese boom won’t come from apps — but from hard tech, AI, and semiconductors

Rein’s message is sharp and counterintuitive:
China didn’t kill its tech sector. It recalibrated it.
The Jack Ma takedown wasn’t a sign of weakness — it was a reset from monopolistic capitalism to managed innovation.

For investors, this is the new reality:
The easy money era is over.
The Common Prosperity era has begun.

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