Jack Ma, founder of the Alibaba e-commerce giant, and one of the richest men in China, returned home this week after spending months abroad.
In what is surely no coincidence, Alibaba a day later announced that it was restructuring, breaking the conglomerate into six business units in an effort to unlock the company¡¯s economic potential.
Also this week, Ma Ying-jeou, from Taiwan¡¯s opposition Kuomintang (KMT) Party, was in China, becoming the first sitting or former Taiwanese president to visit the mainland. By most accounts, Ma¡¯s trip is intended to burnish his legacy. The two visits offer insight into the Chinese leadership¡¯s thinking about potential challenges. Neither is encouraging.
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