Li Yuan on Twitter: "Alibaba’s Jack Ma to Retire. He will pursue his passion in education through philanthropy. A former English teacher, he’s referred to as Teacher Ma 马老师 internally. Hope he can transform China’s education as much as he did to business. https://t.co/axUJdh5jPX"

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1. Susan‏ @susan_li_aus 8 Sep 2018
  Replying to @LiYuan6 @StephenMcDonell
  
  If he is a man, he should use his power and influence to bring down the firewall of China, and let Chinese citizens know the truth.
  
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1. DEDenver ‏ @EZLVSZ 7 Sep 2018
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  I have not heard the compelling case of how he or Alibaba has transformed business. I'm happy to be convinced, though.
  
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1. Domina Manyu‏ @manyu_ch 8 Sep 2018
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  Will you clarify or update this story given Alibaba blames you on SCMP that you took this “retirement “ thing out of context?
  
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1. Zipper Pockets‏ @ZipperPockets 7 Sep 2018
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  a journalist from http://EEO.com.cn reported late Friday evening China time that a source from Alibaba's public relations department told her the news was not true, because "If there is such a plan, the company would've officially announced it to the public."
  
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1. 王晨飞‏ @guolina528424 8 Sep 2018
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1. AC‏ @zxfight 8 Sep 2018
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  Under the CCP system, where does he retreat to live? Be a teacher? His soul has been sold to the devil!
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1. cara‏ @cara_kormea 8 Sep 2018
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  Lmao, he didn't retire voluntarily. C'mon @nytimes
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1. TakeToTheStreetsTogether‏ @TTTStreets 9 Sep 2018
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  TakeToTheStreetsTogether Retweeted TakeToTheStreetsTogether
  
  https://twitter.com/TTTStreets/status/1038929637408206848 …
  
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  TakeToTheStreetsTogether @TTTStreets
  
  The communist's internal source leaked that Ms Dong Yaoqiong, who splashed ink on a poster of Xi Jinping in Shanghai, who is now put in a mental hospital as a political criminal, will be fed with poisoned food for a period of time and die. #TakeToTheStreetsTogetherChina #全民共振 https://twitter.com/liyiping1911/status/1038642390125359110 …
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1. Frank‏ @baka2011 9 Sep 2018
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  Is this a fake news？ What s the news source?
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