Chinese social media reveals that Jack Ma appeared in Australia with “The story behind the group photo: 43 years of friendship” (with clip)

“During the summer of 1980, Jack Ma, then a high school student, was walking around Xihu Lake looking for foreigners. in Hangzhou to practice English Then he happened to meet a family from Australia, the Morley family. “

Not long ago, Chinese netizens met Jack. It was by chance in a hotel in Melbourne. Australia and took photos of Jack Ma wearing sneakers, playing with his phone and drinking Coke… On Sunday (February 19), a group photo of Jack Ma and his long-time friend from Australia Along with their friendship story 40 years, it has been widely published on Chinese social media and Chinese media pages … The story of Jack Ma appears in Australia has become a “hot search”.

Alibaba insiders confirmed to Chinese media outlet Cai Jing that Jack Ma is in Australia but did not disclose his travels.

One day in the summer of 1980, Jack Ma, a 15-year-old high school student, was walking around Xihu Lake looking for foreigners. in Hangzhou to practice English with tourists Then he met David, the son of Mr. Random Ken Morley. Since then, Jack Ma and the Morley family have become pen pals. The two would often write letters to each other. When Morley’s father wrote letters to Jack Ma, he often corrected Ma’s English grammar mistakes.

In 1985, Mr Morley invited Jack Ma to his home in Australia and Jack Ma had to apply for a visa 7 times until he successfully traveled to Newcastle. The experience there changed his outlook on the world.

when returning to Hangzhou The two were not just communicating with each other. Morley also supports Jack. Ma, when he was studying at Hangzhou Municipal Teachers College for two years, provided a subsidy of 200 Australian dollars.

More than a decade later, Jack Ma traveled to Australia in 2017. Ma has contributed A$26 million (about $20 million) to a scholarship fund in exchange for Ken Morley’s advice and help he has always been given. At that time, Newcastle University in Australia announced that the university received $26 million from the Mr. Jack Ma Foundation.

Jack Ma, Chairman of the Executive Board of Alibaba for establishing the “Ma & Morley Scholarship Program” (Ma & Morley Scholarship Program) and this is the largest donation Newcastle University has ever received.

Jack Ma said, “This fund has a purpose. “Support those who want to open their eyes to the world, explore the world, and use their own minds to judge the world.”

“The 29 days I was in Newcastle were the most important moments of my life, without those 29 days I would never have the attitude I have today.

It is said that in Ma Mae’s home and office there is a picture of him and the Morley family. Always mount it on the wall or place it on the table.

Currently, no one knows the details or clarity about Jack Ma’s trip to Australia. from publicly available news reports Almost a year ago, Jack Ma traveled to the Netherlands, Japan, Thailand to visit the Agricultural Research Center, to study fisheries work. During the last Chinese New Year Ma appeared in Hong Kong