On my recent trip to China where I met about a dozen Chinese Internet companies, there was probably one guy whose name came up more than any other: Jack Ma of Alibaba Group.

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The Facebook founder met with the executives of a number of top Chinese tech companies during his two-week trip to the country, including Baidu, Sina and Alibaba.

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In 1993, when I took a trip to Italy, people mistook me for Japanese, as there were very few Chinese traveling overseas then.

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Many people have asked me for my impressions of Chinese tech companies after my trip over there last month to visit a dozen technology companies.

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Ask your hotel concierge to write down addresses for taxi drivers, and remember to take a hotel card with the address in Chinese characters for the return trip.

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Adventurous Chinese looking for something new to do a decade ago pretty much had to settle for taking a trip across town to a McDonald's or a karaoke club, another spot that was exotic then.

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