Alibaba (BABA.US) stock jumped more than 8% after Jack Ma, the billionaire founder of the Chinese e-commerce giant, made his first public appearance since October following questions about his whereabouts. Jack Ma spoke to 100 rural teachers through a video call. The recording of the conversation was first released by Tianmu News, a portal backed by the Zhejiang government and was verified by an Alibaba spokesman. Zhejiang province is home to Hangzhou, the city where Alibaba is based.

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