No one was surprised by his laughable showing in the chat with Elon at WAI 2019 where he behaves like a fraud.
His backing from powerful hidden political figures are well acknowledged. Although that's not new, anyone who commands such power are backed that way, this pattern can trace back to Qin and Han dynasty.
Ma isn't an engineer and doesn't pretend to be, which is why you can't take anything he says about AI seriously. I'm sure he's corrupt in the same way a lot of Chinese businessmen are corrupt. That said, you don't go from being a tour guide to building a e-commerce platform with arguably the most sophisticated supply chain the world solely by being a fraud.
Also I agree the hate is overblown but I also don’t think Elon is the worlds savior so I tend to push back against that rhetoric.
Jack Ma is competent in speaking Mandarin Chinese. So the equivalent would be to force Elon Musk to debate against Jack Ma in Mandarin.
Many would say the same about Musk
In this case it's a metaphor for westernized.