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BABA directional thesis

Chinese tech giants gush cash and trade at a fraction of US peers, but the Party can randomly smash a company and Taiwan sanctions could freeze it all.

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“Chinese companies are really capable, and China's economy has grown by an average of something like 9% over the 20 years, and what has been happening to China's stock market, it's been essentially flat”
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