The establishment of this scholarship is related to Ma Yun's experience in the West Lake as a teenager, and also to an Australian who once opened the window of the world for Ma Yun as a teenager. More than 30 years ago, 16-year-old Ma Yun and an Australian became pen pals. When Ma Yun was studying at Hangzhou Normal University, he was willing to provide him with about 200 Australian dollars. Today, Ma Yun repaid Ken's help with a $20 million scholarship program. The Australian Prime Minister called this story between Ma Yun and Ken "a great transnational friendship".
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1980, China, which just opened the door to reform and opening up, welcomed an Australian delegation. Their trips are mainly concentrated in several core cities in China, including Hangzhou.
Molly's family is among them-Father Ken? Molly, a newly retired electrical engineer, joined the Australia-China Friendship Association in the 1970s. The mother's name is Judy, and they have three children: David, Stephen and Susan.
1980 July 1, they came to Hangzhou. While wandering around the Gushan Park near the hotel, David met Ma Yun, a boy 15 years old who was obsessed with English learning. "In the evening, we were playing with matches in the park, and a boy came to greet us. He wants to practice his newly learned oral English skills. He introduced himself, we exchanged a few pleasantries and met in this park after the agreement. " Many years later, David recalled it.
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Ma Yun began to talk to David regularly, and his father Ken? Molly communicates like David and calls Ken "father". Ken told Ma Yun, "Keep the written evidence bigger so that you can write some corrections in the blank when you reply." David explained: "I originally wanted to let Ma Yun learn English through these corrections. I think this is very helpful to him and encourages him to continue learning English. "
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The friendship between Ma Yun and Molly's family gradually deepened. After Ma Yun has been to Australia, Ken? Molly took Stephen. Molly (Ken's second son) came to Hangzhou for a return visit. Because his parents' house was too small to live in, Ma Yun had to arrange for Molly and her son to live in the university dormitory.
"We had dinner at Ma Yun's house and then rode back to school." Stephen recalled, "Ma Yun has been busy cooking for us, which makes us feel very privileged."
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This friendship lasted for 24 years. Old Molly died in September 2004 at the age of 78. Ma Yun said in his condolence letter that he had planned to travel with Ken on the Siberian Railway, "his Australian' father' and mentor".
Ken's son David wrote to me and said, "This idea seems too slim now. In his present capacity, it is indeed a bit difficult to travel like an ordinary person, but I think that one day, I will replace my father to realize this idea of Ma Yun. "
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Ma Yun shows Ken around Hangzhou. Ma Yun recalled: Every time we met, we would argue about many things. Although Ken often says "Jack, you are talking nonsense", he always supports me with great curiosity and kindness.
37 years later, on February 3, 20 17, Ma Yun came to Ken's hometown of Newcastle, Australia for the third time.
When meeting with Australian Prime Minister malcolm turnbull in Sydney, Ma Yun said: Because of Ken, my trip to Australia is a grateful trip.
On the morning of February 3, Ma Yun, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alibaba Group, met with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm in Sydney. Malcolm turnbull said when they met, the trip to Australia was a grateful trip, because Ken.
Ma Yun introduced this "fate" of his childhood to the Australian Prime Minister, which is also the root of his special feelings for Australia. Ma Yun told Prime Minister Turnbull that Ken had opened a window to the world for himself, which was why he was grateful to Australia.
This "transnational friendship" has also been given a new meaning. During the talks, Turnbull took the initiative to mention the eWTP (Global E-commerce Platform) initiated by Ma Yun, believing that it provided a new impetus for Australia's economic growth and called it "a wonderful idea".
"Help young people and small and medium-sized enterprises all over the world to carry out business activities nationwide, just like helping studious teenagers near the West Lake"-perhaps this is the brand-new connotation of "great transnational friendship" continuing into the Internet age. Ma Yun responded to Turnbull and said: This is the best way to stimulate global economic growth and create global employment opportunities, and it is also the fundamental reason why he has been pushing eWTP.
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On the afternoon of the 3rd, Newcastle University announced that Jack Ma, Chairman of Alibaba's Board of Directors from Hangzhou, China, had set up a $20 million scholarship program at Newcastle University through the Jack Ma Public Welfare Foundation.
This is the largest donation received by Newcastle University. The winner of this scholarship is Ma Molly. Molly)
In the cultural context of China, this sentence has also been handed down.
Before the donation ceremony, Ma Yun and his young pen pal David? Molly chatted cordially in the corner of the meeting.