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#32 Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built

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A Random Meeting Changes the Pathway of Jack's Life

Australian family known as the Morleys taught Jack English for 9 years. On July 4th, their last day in Hang Zao, David invited Jack and some other local children to play frisbee with them. In China, all high school students hoping to go on to higher education have to pass a merit-based national higher education entrance exam. Math along with Chinese and a foreign language is mandatory. The high test is widely seen as one of the most challenging in the world requiring a huge amount of preparation and memorization.

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