近期，中国富豪马云接连遭中共当局整肃。陆媒消息说，马云和9位企业家和学者，创办的富商群体“湖畔大学”昆明分校规划项目，12月10日被当局叫停。
自由亚洲电台12月17日引述消息人士披露，湖畔大学云南分校正在施工，在建造突然叫停了。同时，中央一个调查组人员本周已进驻阿里巴巴。
湖畔大学创立于2015年，位于浙江杭州，由马云、柳传志等企业家授课，招生对象是企业决策者，条件为创业3年以上、年度营收超过3000万元人民币或企业纳税3年以上。
8月25日湖畔大学在云南开分校，当时云南省委书记陈豪、省长阮成发会见了马云等企业家。
根据公开信息，湖畔大学并非中共教育部辖下的“大学”，类似于俱乐部。有学者认为，当局已经意识到商人联合的危险性，因此果断出手，下一步可能是关闭湖畔大学。
学者：中共高层很厌恶马云
据熟悉马云的昆明大学金融学者张谨对自由亚洲电台说，以当前中国政治形势发展，马云的处境会越来越糟糕，下一步可能会比较麻烦，他做的几件事情令高层非常不高兴。
第一件事情是蚂蚁金服上市，身怀利器，肯定是要被追究的。因为金融是政府的命脉。其实马云当年做金融就已经觉得比较麻烦了，再加上他批评监管问题，完全是在向高层权力发出挑战，这对高层而言是很厌恶的事。
张谨说，马云想要安稳生活须付出代价，而且不是一般的代价：除非他有更好的奉献，否则他被整肃，他无非也是中共资产的一个白手套、一个代持人，收回他的权力及财富，那是分分钟的事情。
阿里巴巴祸不单行
近期，阿里巴巴可谓祸不单行。11月2日，阿里巴巴关联企业蚂蚁金服的4名大股东马云等人被中共4大监管机构约谈。次日，蚂蚁上市的计划也被叫停。
而在“双11网购节”前夕，阿里巴巴旗下的淘宝网被官媒集中打假。中共监管层还特别召开会议，强调网络平台不是反垄断的法外之地；11月10日，中共国家市场监管总局发布关于反垄断征求意见稿。
12月14日，阿里巴巴投资有限公司的收购案被市场监管总局依据“反垄断法”顶格处罚。
12月18日，蚂蚁平台上的互联网所有存款产品，均遭监管部门无预警下架。
马云批评当局惹祸
对于马云霉运当头的原因，一种说法是，马云在外滩金融峰会上批评当局惹祸。
路透社曾引述消息人士透露，马云10月24日在上海“第二届外滩金融峰会”上的一番畅所欲言，招来了这场横祸。当时，马云批评中共监管系统扼杀创新，嘲讽银行仍是“当铺思想”。而副主席王岐山刚刚在讲话中，强调要加强监管。
报导称，与会的中共金融、监管和政府方面的大佬认为，马云是在“打他们的脸”。随后，马云被4大监管部门约谈。
报导引述消息人士透露，国务院办公厅编写了一份有关马云讲话的舆情报告，提交给习近平等高层领导人，高层随即下令对蚂蚁的业务活动进行彻底调查。
马云骂习近平被告密
另一种说法是，马云私下骂习近平是“畜生”被告密，招致祸端。
谢田教授在接受《看中国》采访时说：“内部人士说，马云在私下骂习近平是畜生，被人告密了，这一下这触动龙颜。所以这个皇帝的那个新衣被剥掉了。”
谢田认为这个原因可信，因为中共这个做法很突然，可能是有这种原因。这正好说明这个中共政权非常的无法无天，非常随机随意，也就是就因为你一句话，或者触怒了中国共产党领导人的颜面，它就可以这样做。
马云卷入高层权斗
还有一种说法是马云卷入高层权斗，蚂蚁集团背后江派股东势力让习近平芒刺在背，习近平认为资本和影响力不断壮大的大型民营企业会威胁中共政权。
资深评论人蒋清平在台湾《财讯网》撰文说，习近平的人马盯上马云已经很久了，2015年中国股灾，北京当局将矛头指向马云，涉嫌协助太子党放空期货、再现金买进跌停股，进而两边套利，甚至成为“红二代”们的洗钱工具。
马云与江泽民的孙子江志成有着惊人的利益勾连。阿里巴巴集团有深厚的江派政治背景，江志成所创办的博裕投资、刘乐飞的中信资本，还有多位太子党皆有投资。
大陆财经媒体爆料称，蚂蚁金服的众多股东，都指向江志成的博裕资本，江家资本重度介入蚂蚁金服，令习近平大为不满，誓言要下大力气整顿。
Alibaba founder Jack Ma is having a lot of trouble. The latest news is that a central investigation team is in Alibaba this week. The next step could be to shut down Lakeside University, which Ma founded. There are various reasons for the authorities to kill Jack Ma, including the fact that Ma is disliked by the top brass and that he has caused trouble by calling Xi Jinping names in private.
Recently, Chinese tycoon Jack Ma has been targeted by the Chinese Communist Party authorities. According to land media, Ma and nine other entrepreneurs and academics, who founded the Kunming branch of the wealthy business group "Lakeside University," were stopped by the authorities on Dec. 10.
Radio Free Asia quoted sources as disclosing on Dec. 17 that the Yunnan branch of Lakeside University was under construction and was suddenly called off in its construction. Meanwhile, a central investigation team of officers has been stationed at Alibaba this week.
Founded in 2015 and located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, Lakeside University is taught by entrepreneurs such as Jack Ma and Liu Chuanzhi, and enrollment is open to corporate decision-makers, with requirements of more than 3 years of entrepreneurship, annual revenue of more than RMB 30 million or more than 3 years of corporate taxation.
Lakeside University opened its campus in Yunnan on August 25, when Yunnan Provincial Party Secretary Chen Hao and Governor Ruan Chengfa met with Ma and other entrepreneurs.
According to public information, Lakeside University is not a "university" under the Ministry of Education of the Communist Party of China, but rather a club. Some scholars believe that the authorities have realized the danger of the businessmen's association, so they have taken a decisive step and may shut down Lakeside University next.
Scholars: The Communist Party's top brass is disgusted with Jack Ma
According to Zhang Zhuan, a finance scholar at Kunming University who is familiar with Ma, told Radio Free Asia that with the current development of China's political situation, Ma's situation will get worse and worse, and the next step may be more troublesome, as he has done several things that made the top brass very unhappy.
The first thing is the listing of Ant Financial Services, which is a powerful tool that will definitely be pursued. Because finance is the lifeblood of the government. In fact, Ma Yun back then to do financial has felt more trouble, plus he criticized the regulatory issues, completely in the top power to issue a challenge, which is very distasteful to the top things.
He is a white glove, a proxy for the Chinese Communist Party's assets, and it will take minutes to recover his power and wealth, unless he has something better to offer.
Alibaba is in trouble
On November 2, Jack Ma, the four major shareholders of Alibaba's affiliate Ant Financial Services, were interviewed by four major Chinese regulators. The following day, Ant's plan to go public was also called off.
On the eve of the Double 11 Online Shopping Festival, Alibaba's Taobao.com was targeted by the official media to crack down on counterfeiting. The CCP regulator also held a special meeting to emphasize that online platforms are not an extra-legal place for anti-monopoly; on November 10, the CCP's State Administration of Market Supervision issued a draft on anti-monopoly for public comment.
On December 14, Alibaba Investment Co., Ltd.'s acquisition was punished by the General Administration of Market Supervision in accordance with the "Anti-Monopoly Law".
On December 18, all Internet deposit products on the Ant platform were removed from the market without warning by the regulator.
Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba and the de facto controller of Ant Group. (VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
Jack Ma criticizes authorities for causing trouble
One theory of the reason for Ma's bad luck is that he criticized the authorities for causing trouble at the Bund Financial Summit.
Reuters has quoted sources as saying that Ma's comments at the 2nd Bund Financial Summit in Shanghai on Oct. 24 brought about the disaster. At the time, Ma criticized the Communist Party's regulatory system for stifling innovation and mocked banks for still being "pawnshop-minded. Vice Chairman Wang Qishan had just emphasized the need for stronger regulation in his speech.
According to the report, the attending Chinese financial, regulatory and government leaders believed that Ma was "slapping them in the face". Subsequently, Ma was interviewed by four major regulators.
The report quoted sources as saying that the State Council General Office prepared an opinion report on Ma's speech and submitted it to Xi Jinping and other top leaders, who then ordered a thorough investigation into Ant's business activities.
Ma scolded Xi Jinping for being snitched on
Another theory is that Ma was tipped off for calling Xi Jinping a "beast" in private, which led to trouble.
Professor Xie Tian said in an interview with Watch China, "Insiders say that Ma called Xi Jinping a beast in private and was snitched on, and that this touched the dragon's face. So this emperor's that new clothes was stripped off."
Xie Tian thinks this reason is plausible, because the CCP did this very suddenly, and there may be such a reason. This just shows that this CCP regime is very lawless, very random and arbitrary, that is, just because you say something or offend the face of the Chinese Communist Party leaders, it can do this.
Jack Ma's involvement in high-level power struggles
There is also a theory that Ma is involved in a high-level power struggle, and that the power of Jiang's shareholders behind Ant Group is a thorn in Xi Jinping's side, who believes that large private companies with growing capital and influence could threaten the Communist regime.
In an article in Taiwan's Caixin News, veteran commentator Jiang Qingping said Xi's people have been targeting Ma for a long time, and that the Beijing authorities targeted Ma for allegedly helping the princeling party to short futures and then buy falling stocks in cash, thereby hedging profits on both sides and even becoming a money laundering tool for the "second generation of the Reds.
Ma has a surprising collusion of interests with Jiang Zemin's grandson Jiang Zhicheng. Alibaba Group has a deep Jiang political background, with investments by Jiang Zhicheng's Boyu Investment, Liu Lefei's CITIC Capital, and several other princelings.
The financial media on the mainland reported that many shareholders of Ant Financial Services point to Jiang Zhicheng's Boyu Capital, and the heavy involvement of Jiang's capital in Ant Financial Services has made Xi Jinping very unhappy and vowed to make a big effort to rectify the situation.