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The Chinese Government says there are too many startups in the country making electric vehicles and it would like to see mergers and acquisitions in the sector.
So is China in for a big consolidation in the EV industry?
Host: Timothy Pope
Guest: Steven Cai, Managing Director of Automotive and Industrial Industries, Accenture
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The Holiday decorations are already up in one Chinese city.
Yiwu in eastern China's Zhejiang province makes most of the world's Christmas ornaments.
But despite the jolly decorations, it isn't feeling very festive, because they were already supposed to be shipped around the world.
Zhang Shixuan and Timothy Pope look at the logistics of the holiday season, and why it's running so late this year.
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做四休三，你怎么看？
Would you like to spend less time in the office?
In Iceland 86% of employees have the option to work fourdays a week instead Monday to Friday. During a four year study into reducingworking hours, researchers found that productivity in Iceland went up, notdown.
So if it works in Iceland, why not in China? Do Chinesepeople want to work less? Could Chinese companies be doing more to give theirstaff flexible working options?
Hosts: Timothy Pope and Zhang Shixuan
Guests: Lei Yang, National General Manager, Hudson China;Barbara Ex, Founder and CEO, Whitespace.
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中国开启碳交易市场
The world’s biggest polluting country has formally launched a carbon emissions trading scheme.
How’s it going to work? Who’s included? What difference could it make?
Host: Timothy Pope
Guest: Jason Ekberg, Partner at Oliver Wyman
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棕榈油涨价来袭 说好的冰激凌蛋糕自由呢
Does a surge in the price of palm oil mean we're going to have to pay more for soap and ice cream this summer? Have commodities prices gone crazy, or is it all just more post-Covid-19 economic drama?
This week the Money Talks team looks at what's going on with commodities prices.
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金属回收行业向好背后的绿色经济帐
China's steel industry has been one of the main engines behind the country's rise to be a world-leading economy. But reforming the sector for a green future is going to take a lot of work, and the government wants to start with recycling.
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“二师兄”价格走低市场怎么看？
Chinese farmers are breeding pigs as heavy as polar bears. Could heavy hogs be what's pushing down the pork price?
This week brings together consumer price, commodities, the Chinese economy and, of course, really big pigs.
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燕麦奶市场的天花板到了吗？
Did oat milk change the way drink forever? Clever marketing, a pandemic and growing environmental awareness have seen oat milk go from obscurity to mainstream in the blink of an eye.
This week we look at China's milk market, and whether people really want the cows out.
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Our host got himself injured so all we've got for you this week is an apology. Sorry!
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老年人的“数字鸿沟”如何化解？
Are China's senior citizens becoming marginalised in an increasingly digital world? Many of them think so, and rely on family to help them with online tasks younger generations would consider basic.
The Chinese Government has embarked on a year-long campaign to address this issue, and many tech firms have been quick to act.
Hosts: Zhang Shixuan and Timothy Pope
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学跳舞 拍视频 退休老人爱上花样生活.
China's rising number of retirees are finding it both necessary and desirable to get back into the workforce. This week we speak to two of them who've come out of retirement and taken their lives in a completely new direction.
This is the third in a series of stories to mark the once-in-a-decade Chinese census. We're talking to people at all points on the age spectrum and looking at some of the demographic and economic challenges and opportunities that they'll encounter as China gets older.
Hosts: Zhang Shixuan and Timothy Pope.
Music: Kevin MacLeod, Tango de Manzana.
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当工人还是送快递？ 制造业升级打开出路
Would you rather work on a factory production line, or ride a delivery scooter? It's questions like this that are facing Chinese workers as increasing numbers of them look at jobs in the manufacturing sector and say 'no thanks.'
Can China hold on to manufacturing supremacy?
This is the second episode in a series looking at the results of China's 2020 census and what they tell us about the demographic and economic challenges the country is facing.
Host: Timothy Pope.
Guest: Li Wei, Senior China Economist at Standard Chartered Bank.
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学数学还是练网球？课外培训的“小舍得”
China's birth rate is falling and the cost of raising kids is rising.
More than 90% of urban Chinese families now have their children enrolled in some form of extra-curricular education. This week we're talking to one family and to an expert about the growing costs of parenting.
Guests:
Cecilia Wu
Claudia Wang, Partner at Oliver Wyman
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新能源赛道 除了特斯拉还有谁？
So many companies with no experience in the car industry have plans to make new energy vehicles (NEVs). Why? What’s so attractive about this business? Can these companies compete with the established industry players?
This week for Earth Day and the Shanghai Auto Show we’re discussing whether tech firms and real estate developers have what it takes to get green energy cars on the roads.
Host: Timothy Pope
Guest: Beatrix Frisch, Managing Director and Automotive Lead at Accenture Interactive Greater China.
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Archegos的多米诺骨牌
Investment banks lent billions to Archegos Capital Management and lost it all. How and why?
What actually are “family offices” like Archegos and do they need better regulation?
Host: Timothy Pope
Guest: Theodore Shou, Chief Investment Office, Skybound Capital
Music: Sneaky Snitch by Kevin MacLeod
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Two ambitious companies want to challenge Wechat Pay and Alipay’s dominance of mobile payments in China. Can PayPal and Douyin find room in the market?
Also in this episode, Huawei’s huge, expensive new folding phone. It’s big; it’s expensive; but Huawei’s smartphone market share is shrinking fast.
AND hey big spenders! Mutual fund message boards turn into makeshift dating services.
Hosts: Timothy Pope and Chen Tong
Music: Big Spender (Karaoke Version, Originally performed by Peggy Lee)
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While US day traders organising on social media go crazy over GameStop and silver futures, an army of Chinese investors are looking at the stock markets and thinking they'd be better off leaving it to professionals.
Why are Chinese mutual funds so popular? Why are they all buying the same thing? Isn't that risky? Are we in a bubble?
This week Money Talks looks at this switch in a market that has long been dominated by retail investors, and the effects it's been having on Chinese stocks.
Hosts: Wang Lihuan and Timothy Pope.
Guest: Theodore Shou, Chief Investment Officer at Skybound Capital.
Music: Kevin MacLeod, Monkey Spinning Monkey.
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China's new ban on plastic straws is great for the environment, but what are the financial costs of going green?
This week Money Talks examines paper prices, plastic waste ... and bubble tea!
Also in this episode: a crackdown on fake divorces to protect the real estate market; and FREE movies for the Chinese New Year! iQiyi (China's Netflix) and the bid to keep people at home. -
Change has come for China’s wet markets. Battling reputation damage after Covid-19, many have engaged in wholesale renovations to restore their image.
But they’ve also got to try and compete with online vendors in and age where fewer and fewer people choose their fresh food off the shelf.
Also in this program, Chinese are buying more through Wechat. A lot more. And Luckin Coffee tries to bounce back from the fraud scandal that got it kicked off the Nasdaq.
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