https://www.techinasia.com/talk/israel-prime-destination-chinese-investment
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Alibaba founder and chairman Jack Ma in Jerusalem in April this year. As one of China’s best-known business magnates, Ma’s visit was the most tangible affirmation that China-Israel collaboration in high-tech had weathered the uncertainties of 2017, when Chinese outbound investment saw a brief, yet significant, retrenchment.
As the US, Europe, and Australia have taken an increasingly wary stance toward technology acquisitions by Chinese companies, Israel has emerged as one of the most welcoming destinations for Chinese high-tech investment.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/alibabas-jack-ma-goes-back-184309040.html
Alibaba (BABA.N) Chairman Jack Ma said the company can no longer meet its promise to create 1 million jobs in the United States due to U.S.-China trade tensions, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.
Ma had met U.S. President Donald Trump two years ago and laid out the Chinese e-commerce giant's plan to bring one million small U.S. businesses onto its platform to sell to Chinese consumers over the next five years.
"This commitment is based on friendly China-US cooperation and the rational and objective premise of bilateral trade," Ma told Xinhua. "The current situation has already destroyed the original premise. There is no way to deliver the promise."