Robin Li, the boss of Baidu, a Chinese online-search firm, has warned that “winter is coming”. Are companies in China ready for a tech freeze? We ask our senior China business correspondent studersc in this week’s “Money talks”
A TECH winter is coming. In this week’s episode of “Money talks” we look at how a once white-hot tech sector in China is shedding capital, employees and bonuses and heading for a freeze.
We also discuss the private-jet industry and why airlines are phasing out first-class seats. And Jim Collins, author of “Good to Great”, explains the flywheel principle. Simon Long hosts. Runtime: 18 min.
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