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World Service,18 Aug 2023,26 mins

China property giant Evergrande files for US bankruptcy protection

World Business Report

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The giant Chinese property developer, Evergrande, has played down its decision to file for bankruptcy protection in the United States. The company described the move as a 'normal procedure'. We hear concerns about property values are falling faster than Beijing has revealed. And we will look at the Women’s World Cup final over the weekend - England will take on Spain. Co-hosting the tournament was expected to generate about a third of a billion dollars for the Australian economy. Google AdSense - a technology used by Google to serve advertisements based on website content - does not support indigenous African languages. So what is Google doing to help African language websites monetise their content? (The Evergrande Group headquarters building in Shenzhen, China. Picture Credit: Getty Images)

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