Alibaba founder Jack Ma is a communist party member: Chinese state paper

Thrashing all the public assumption of Alibaba founder and billionaire Jack Ma to be politically unattached, the official party newspaper has declared him to be a part of the communist party. Ma is China's one of the highest-profile business leader and it is unclear why the party decided to reveal the issue now. His political affiliation was a surprise to many. Jack Ma has driven Alibaba to become a retail giant.