Biz China, Jack Ma Steps Down at Alibaba

02/06/13 • 24 min

In this week's programme, we hear why the founder of online giant Alibaba, and one of China's champions of the e-commerce industry, Jack Ma, is stepping down as CEO of the company, Chinese companies struggle to deal with the burdens of overcapacity, and we try to understand just what is so great about China's lower tier cities and the business opportunities they present.

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Biz China, Denmark's Fur Industry In China

This week we see how Denmark is meeting China's growing demand for fur in the luxury fashion sector, in a follow up to our feature on China's job market in 2013, it seems postgraduate students are having a tough time, and we see what's being done to ensure the foundations of China's economic development, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, have a bright future ahead.

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Biz China, HTC Moves Into Myanmar

In this week's episode we get perspectives on Chinese mobile company HTC launching its smartphone in the newly opening Myanmar market, we see how green technology and sustainability is becoming an imperative for Chinese business performance and one of China's largest property developers, Vanke, jumps outside the mainland for the first time as it tries to go global.