RE: Pressuring? Yeah, right.
OK, what’s the right word to use?
I don't know what the correct word would be, but it calls into question the exact relationship between the CCP and Chinese corporations.
As far as we know, Chinese corporations are (somewhat) privately owned but are still controlled by the CCP. It appears that the CCP can help itself to anything owned by the corporation, either by going through channels or just shoving executives out of the way and taking it.
Your question also leads to another very interesting point and that is why is the CCP telling us (the free world) that it is "pressuring" Jack Ma when we know there is no need for "pressure"?
Is the CCP trying to create the appearance of independence re: its corporations...just for American consumption?