Episode 58
China takes down a superstar
Jack Ma is one of the world's richest men. He's used to his plans working. Last week one of them went spectacularly wrong.
The Slow Newscast · Alice Sandelson
November 12, 202031m 36s
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Show Notes
Jack Ma set up the Chinese online giant Alibaba. It made him hugely rich, and perhaps too powerful for comfort for China's ruling elite. Last week his plan for the biggest-ticket stock market launch ever came to a crashing halt when the authorities in Beijing pulled the plug on it. Did Jack Ma fly too high? Have his wings been clipped forever?
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