Doing business in Syria
Will it be a collapsing economy which finally undermines the regime in Syria? And we report from Russia on opposition activist Andrei Novalny's attempt to win round the business community.
More than 5,500 people are estimated to have died in the popular uprising against the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
As the international community argues over how to end the violence, Business Daily discusses whether it could be the economy which finally undermines President Assad's regime.
We hear from the 大象传媒's Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen who has just been in Damascus and from Firas Abi Ali of the business consultancy, Exclusive Analysis.
And how the new star of Russia's opposition Alexei Novalny is trying to win round business leaders as he challenges Vladimir Putin's status quo.
Plus the 大象传媒's Charles Haviland has been investigating measures of wealth and happiness in Sri Lanka.
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