Alibaba's outgoing chair rubs influential elbows

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa walks with Jack Ma during the African leader's visit to the Xixi Campus and headquarters of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, September 5, 2018. Jack Ma announced in an open letter that he will step down in a year's time as the chair of the company he founded 20 years previous. [Photo: IC]