Despite the reported sentiments of the owners, the "SCMP" does report on commemorations of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, and ran an editorial criticising the one-child policy in 2013. The "SCMP" published an interview with Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba and a member of the Communist Party of China, in which Ma defended late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's decision to crack down on pro-democracy student protests, saying it was "the most correct decision". The relevant remark was deleted not long after the article was published; the reporter responsible for the interview was suspended and later was resigned. Alibaba said that Ma had been quoted "improperly", and demanded a rectification, but the editor-in-chief refused. "The New York Times" alleges that Alibaba is steering the newspaper into promoting the PRC's soft power, and several critical stories about China's current government have been rewritten in an act of self-censorship by the top editors. However, a few academics pointed out in 2011, 2013 and 2016 that there was a negative or discriminatory discourse present in "SCMP"s coverage of mainland Chinese people.