Business Weekly
Business Daily
BBC
4.4 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2020
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
As evidence mounts that Chinese authorities are continuing to incarcerate Uighur Muslims in work camps in the North West of the country we discuss the steps foreign companies should be taking to ensure their businesses don’t benefit from enforced labour. We also have a report on what could be the most severe housing crisis in the recent history of the US. In yet another consequence of the coronavirus pandemic; tenants are struggling to keep up rental payments and risk eviction. As lessons resume across many parts of the world we hear how some countries are managing to teach children who can’t go back to the classroom - and don’t have access to computers or the internet.
Plus, as facemarks become compulsory in shared workplaces in France we hear from a top health expert who says mask wearing should be non-negotiable.
Business weekly is presented by Lucy Burton and produced by Clare Williamson.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, if a week is a long time in politics, a day is a long time in business at the moment, |
| 0:06.1 | and it can be exhausting trying to keep up with all the latest developments. |
| 0:10.1 | That's why we've interrupted your Business Daily pod feed to bring you Business Weekly, |
| 0:14.4 | a new weekend program which brings you an hour of the most interesting, inspiring, |
| 0:19.8 | and thought-provoking stories you might have missed from the BBC's business team. |
| 0:28.4 | Hello and welcome to Business Weekly with Lucy Burton. Pensils are sharpened, books are ready, shoes are shined, as many schools and universities try and get back to a semblance of normality. |
| 0:41.7 | But of course, it's not quite business as usual, it's even the youngest pupils have to adhere to new measures to slow the spread of COVID-19. |
| 0:49.8 | In some parts of the world, physical lessons won't resume just yet, and we'll hear from the teachers trying to educate children without access to the internet. |
| 0:58.0 | We'll also hear from Western universities who worry that they're so dependent on fee-paying Chinese students |
| 1:04.3 | that they're facing huge financial problems if coronavirus keeps them away. |
| 1:09.6 | And some governments are trying to encourage more adults |
| 1:12.6 | back into the office too after months of working from home. And many have been asked to wear |
| 1:17.2 | masks indoors. We'll hear from a top health advisor who tells us why mask wearing is vital to get |
| 1:23.4 | economies going again. We'll begin the program, though, by discussing the plight of the Uyghur Muslims |
| 1:28.7 | who make up the majority of people in northwestern China. Over the past few years, evidence suggests |
| 1:35.0 | over one million Uyghurs have been forced into work camps. Children have been separated from parents |
| 1:41.0 | and women forced to undergo birth control. Psychological and physical abuse of Uyghurs has been alleged, |
| 1:47.0 | but denied by the Chinese authorities. |
| 1:50.1 | Pressure is now mounting on foreign companies |
| 1:52.7 | to ensure that material they source from China |
| 1:55.1 | isn't the product of forced Uyghur labour. |
| 1:58.2 | But are some businesses simply looking the other way? My colleague Ed Butler reports. |
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