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Foreign Correspondent: Feb 7

Foreign Correspondent looks at China’s high-flying business achievers and their luxurious lifestyles.

Foreign Correspondent returns tonight on ABC1 in the first of its 4 x 6 episode blocks.

Tonight, China Correspondent Stephen McDonell gains access to some of China’s high-flying business achievers and goes inside their world to examine the epic breadth of their plans and the breath-taking scale of their luxurious lifestyles.

Imagine one day standing on flat ground in an open field, surrounded by farm land then returning two weeks later to precisely the same place only to find this time you’re standing high atop a glittering, glass skyscraper.

In China, that lightning high-rise hotel is just another project for soon-to-be billionaire developer Zhang Yue. He’s developed a stunning pre-fabrication model that slashes construction time and he’s busily planning to roll out around the world including Australia.

Unlike many businessmen with global plans Zhang Yue isn’t preoccupied with the economic turmoil in Europe or the stagnation in the United States. He’s powering onward and upward.

“Take it down. (In 10 years time) I’m sure ours will be the biggest company in the world”
Zhang Yue, Entrepreneur.

So too is restaurateur Zhang Lan. The Beijing dynamo has developed a Szechuan restaurant called South Beauty into a national chain employing 10,000 people. By 2020, she estimates she’ll have 500 restaurants around the world.

“Like McDonalds and KFC I believe that, in 100 years, the South Beauty brand will be known around the World and will rank at No1.” Zhang Lan Restaurant entrepreneur.

In China, optimism is unyielding.

For Foreign Correspondent’s returning program, China Correspondent Stephen McDonell gains remarkable access to some of China’s heavy hitters and goes inside their world to examine the epic breadth of their business plans and the breath-taking scale of their luxurious lifestyles.

As we know Australia has been insulated against the global financial turmoil because of China’s voracious demand for our natural resources. Can the momentum continue when China’s customers in Europe and the US are mired in economic woe?

The echelon of China’s business elite seem to be dreaming bigger and planning their own personal versions of global domination.

8pm Tuesday ABC1.

One Response

  1. I’m glad they repeat this at midday Saturday as I’m not home and can’t record it. Also for anyone else at 6.30pm Sunday .

    Hey I’ve just seen with the EPG and a TV Guide that says Q&A will be repeated at 12.30pm today after the Midday News instead of 5am.

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