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Zhang Xin

Disillusioned by Wall Street, Zhang Xin returned to her native China. Did she return to a country heading for economic problems, or possibly an emerging democracy and super-power?

HARDtalk speaks to Zhang Xin, one of only 24 self-made female billionaires in the world. Hers is a true rags-to-riches story - as a teenager she worked in a sweat-shop in her native China, by her twenties she worked for Goldman Sachs and, disillusioned by Wall Street, she returned to China to make her fortune in property development. But what kind of China did she return to, a country heading for economic problems, or possibly an emerging democracy as well as an emerging super-power?

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 15 Jul 201320:30GMT
BBC News except UK

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Credits

PresenterGavin Esler
Interviewed GuestXin Zhang

Broadcasts

  • Mon 15 Jul 201303:30GMT
    BBC News except UK
  • Mon 15 Jul 201308:30GMT
    BBC News except UK
  • Mon 15 Jul 201314:30GMT
    BBC News except UK
  • Mon 15 Jul 201320:30GMT
    BBC News except UK