13/10/2011
Kate Adie introduces despatches from correspondents in India, France, Sierra Leone, China and the Republic of Ireland.
'I'll Not Do It Again!' That's the verdict of some foreign businessmen, out of pocket after getting involved in the Indian market. Mark Dummett in Delhi examines whether this is really a difficult country in which to do business. Embarrassment for the French state: Chris Bockman on how it's having to pick up the hotel bills of radicals who were once convicted of trying to blow up the Eiffel Tower. Tamasin Ford visits the centre of the diamond trade in Sierra Leone while Michael Bristow meets the members of one of Shanghai's neighbourhood committees - the front line of Chinese government. And with two weeks to go until the Irish go to the polls, Kieran Cooke recalls early encounters with Martin McGuinness, the former IRA man who now wants to be Ireland's next president.
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Introduction
Duration: 00:29
India's Commonwealth Games bills still not paid
Foreign investors are finding doing business in India's booming economy is not for the faint-hearted says Mark Dummett.
Duration: 05:43
The Algerian radicals France cannot send home
Chris Bockman meets one of the Algerian Islamists living in isolated hotel rooms across France because the government is not allowed to send them home.
Duration: 05:38
Sierra Leone's diamond obsession
Tamasin Ford visits the centre of the country's diamond trade and meets some of the victims of its decade long civil war.
Duration: 05:20
Drinking tea with China's community trouble-shooters
In Shanghai, Michael Bristow experiences the power and influence of a Chinese neighbourhood committee.
Duration: 04:41
Political stir in Irish presidential race
Kieran Cooke recalls early encounters with Martin McGuiness, the former IRA man who now wants to be Ireland's next president.
Duration: 05:49
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- Thu 13 Oct 2011 11:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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