Jack Ma returns to China as signal to private sector

BEIJING, China: After more than a year of self-imposed exile overseas, Alibaba founder Jack Ma has returned to China, allegedly due to the country's new premier, Li Qiang, reaching out to him.

After two years of the government's draconian regulatory crackdowns, the return of China's best-known entrepreneur may help to ease the concerns of its private sector, and could be a sign of support for the government's so