07/23/11
Special Podcast -- China: The Five-Year Plan
Episode Description:
Listen to a compilation of features from Marketplace's special series on China's changing economy.
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A Hollywood moment in China
Meeting a Hollywood star making a movie about doing business in China.
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The challenge of doing business in China
American companies have successes and failures setting up shop in China.
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A market for marriage in Shanghai's People's Park
Parents look for suitable partners for their kids every weekend.
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Challenges ahead for China
A booming labor market has made people richer... and pickier.
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A walk to the World Trade Center in one of the largest cities in the world
Host Kai Ryssdal retraces his steps to the site of Marketplace's 2006 broadcast from Chongqing, China.
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Chinese entrepreneurs welcome success
Online shopping and a cosmetics distributor: a profile of a man in China who suffers from unbridled optimism. He believes his company can become the biggest cosmetics company in the world.
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Making millions from spicy Chinese hot pot
Lunch with a Chinese entrepreneur whose empire is expanding as fast as people can eat.
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Past meets present meets future in downtown Shanghai
Marketplace's Kai Ryssdal takes a walk through downtown Shanghai with China-watcher and analyst Jim McGregor. They take a look at China's changed role in the global economy and its importance to the United States and the global economic recovery.
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