Today the financial market is no good, but the money is there.
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.
I don't shop online, but my wife buys everything at home. We buy sea crabs, fresh crabs, all kinds of things.
Alibaba is an ecosystem that helps small business to grow.
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.
When I was 12 years old, I went to swim in a lake, and I almost died in that lake because the water was too deep - much deeper than I thought.
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.
I know nothing about technology.
What kind of business world are we living in?
Every time there's an election, people start to criticize China.
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 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.
Nobody wanted to believe Jack Ma.
The difference between Amazon and us is Amazon is more like an empire - everything they control themselves, buy and sell.
China's government is so strong on investment, so strong on exporting, but they're too weak on domestic consumption.
I want people to learn what democracy means.
People think, 'Jack, you do too much.'
My job is to help more people have jobs.
When I was 12 years old, I got interested in learning English.