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Colonel
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Looks like Jack Ma is back in business. He's already also made quite a few appearances in public this week around China.

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He's been around all the time, he just realized people will defintely not like a billionaire trying social engineering and pivoted hard away from that
 

Iracundus

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Not enough money for the risk. Becoming a doctor is more money and less risk of persecution.

US civil service is also a dead end. I think there is at some level recognition of the entrenched unspoken racism within the system. It is not a meritocracy really, and promotion would be by favor or by seniority (length of service rather than performance). So for people of no ambition who are simply content for a bland subsistence income year after year, who will never get anywhere near any actual levers of power, who are content to be the faceless clerk NPC in the background.
 

Abominable

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I'm pretty sure that's done with government approval. Or at least from some factions in the government.
Which faction of the CCP is pro-Zionist? Which one supports a cultish ritual which takes place on illegally occupied territory?
Israel sits on a lot of American intel. And many Israelis have no loyalty to US either. Imho working with Israelis probably gave China some of the best subterfuge when it comes to dealing with the west.
Information gleaned from the Israelis would be done in secret and between government officials. Not with a high profile businessman.
But with Jack Ma in particular, I knew his head was getting too big when he did that movie where he's beating up every other action star...

No crime was committed. He saw the directions the winds was changing and that the public won't be receptive to his agenda and fucked off by himself. Smart.
Pictures and videos of Jack Ma and other prominent individuals being a good shabbos goy aren't for Jewish consumption. It's to influence Chinese perception of Jews and Israel.

Occam's razor applies. Jack Ma was being groomed to be the Chinese equivalent of was Elon Musk is right now.
 

HighGround

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US civil service is also a dead end. I think there is at some level recognition of the entrenched unspoken racism within the system. It is not a meritocracy really, and promotion would be by favor or by seniority (length of service rather than performance). So for people of no ambition who are simply content for a bland subsistence income year after year, who will never get anywhere near any actual levers of power, who are content to be the faceless clerk NPC in the background.
It's by networking. Asians can make it relatively high up, but it's much more dependent on people skills than actual skills. Mind you, you do have to at least be able to create an illusion of competency. I myself work in local government in USA. My people skills (not that they are very impressive) have gotten me much further along in terms of raises, promotions, etc, than any of my actual skills. The fact that I am the highest performing worker is completely irrelevant to my status in my team/department/management.

But to make it to the very top levels of the Federal Government? Forget it. Even if you do, the political bullshit is probably not worth it (unless you're into that). And two, if you're gonna make it up there, just be aware that you're not there because you are the most skilled person. You have to be okay with that, and with the possibility that you're a token Asian minority. I think most Asian people have correctly deduced that it's simply not worth it.
 
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