<p class="title">Remarks by the head of Chinese online business giant Alibaba that young people should work 12-hour days, six days a week if they want financial success have prompted a public debate over work-life balance in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jack Ma is one of China's richest men and his comments last week brought both condemnation and support as China's more mature economy enters a period of slower growth.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Newspaper People's Daily, the ruling Communist Party's mouthpiece, issued an editorial, saying mandatory overtime reflects managerial arrogance and was also impractical and unfair to workers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Online complaints included blaming long work hours for a lower birth rate in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ma has responded to the criticism by saying work should be a joy and also include time for study, reflection and self-improvement.</p>
<p class="title">Remarks by the head of Chinese online business giant Alibaba that young people should work 12-hour days, six days a week if they want financial success have prompted a public debate over work-life balance in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jack Ma is one of China's richest men and his comments last week brought both condemnation and support as China's more mature economy enters a period of slower growth.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Newspaper People's Daily, the ruling Communist Party's mouthpiece, issued an editorial, saying mandatory overtime reflects managerial arrogance and was also impractical and unfair to workers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Online complaints included blaming long work hours for a lower birth rate in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ma has responded to the criticism by saying work should be a joy and also include time for study, reflection and self-improvement.</p>