Pigs get fat. Hogs get slaughtered. The CCP is the butcher.
Jack Ma or Horse Cloud is parts and pieces. Jack’ sin was he was too popular, too rich, too inspiring, too influential. Reports of his whereabouts are unverifiable second hand reports used to cover his “removal”.
The CCP, and especially Xi Jinping, cannot tolerate anyone like Ma. It alone is the inspiration, the influencer, the most popular - all others are a threat, as many other Chinese billionaires have learned.
As long as Joe keeps his “a relatively low profile”, he can survive. If he starts to party like Ma, he too will vanish. As for being a “friend” to the CCP, everyone in China is a friend or else.