Alibaba experiences ‘I love China’ company rep breakdown … 22 times

Analyst and investor conferences can be a platform for all manner of odd ball questions, but one company rep at a presentation by Chinese tat seller Alibaba recently took the opportunity to express his love for the Middle Kingdom. Repeatedly. Joe Tsai, executive vice chairman of Alibaba, was about to kick off with some …

[Your alien overlord - fear me]

Slow growth reason. Simple. It used to sell cheap goods. Now when I look for stuff, particulary electronics, it's often just as cheap buying in the UK and you don't need to wait 3 weeks for delivery.

Greed is their downfall.

[Yet Another Anonymous coward]

Their main business is B2B

All that cheap stuff you can now buy in the UK is being sourced from Alibaba by UK distributors.

That's the real win, you no longer need years of relationship building, introductions, visits etc to become an importer/manufacturer with sources in China.

[LosD]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RDrfE9I8_hs

[Anonymous Coward]

Was it Donald Trump

I'm presuming it was a reference to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDrfE9I8_hs

[Trainee grumpy old ****]

Possible explanations

Either the gentleman was tired & emotional or he was warning the speaker to be careful or he would be denounced as an enemy of the people.

[Anonymous Coward]

China