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Highlights of 2018: Mongolia, Zimbabwe and Zambia

A look back to when the Business Matters team reported from around the world.

In this special edition of Business Matters, Roger Hearing looks back to when he travelled to Mongolia, visiting one of the world's largest and deepest copper mines, as well as looking at the environmental impact of the mine on the Gobi desert. He also looks at two of the most popular pastimes in Mongolia; ballet and wrestling.

In the second half of the programme, a look at the faltering economic recovery in Zimbabwe after the downfall of president Robert Mugabe; and Zambia's opportunities and problems in its complicated financial relations with China.

(Image: Camels in the Gobi desert. Credit: 大象传媒/Joshua Thorpe).

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53 minutes

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Wed 2 Jan 2019 01:06GMT

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