China takes down a superstar
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English - November 12, 2020 02:00 - 31 minutes - 72.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsNews Arts british politics investigations journalism news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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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