Chinese companies with global ambitions are under increasing pressure from both critics

abroad and the authorities back home.

Can a new generation of Chinese multinationals survive the onslaught and even prosper?

You're listening to money talks from the economist, our weekly podcast on the markets,

the economy and the world of business.

I'm Simon Long and also coming up on today's show.

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Essentially you have this level playing field and you don't get the situation where foreign

producers just out-compete the domestic ones.

And why online shopping is about to become a whole lot more chatty.

I imagine in a future where you basically just say, I'm looking for a toy for a five-year-old

that's into sports that costs $35 and get back one or two perfect recommendations.

But first, we want to continue to do business in China.

We want to help American businesses export to China.

The Biden administration has picked up where Donald Trump's left off in its relationship

with China.

But we also need to protect Americans, American workers, our American national security,

our core proprietary technology, and we will do that.

On Tuesday, it stepped up its warnings about the risks of doing business in the Xinjiang

region after adding 14 more Chinese companies to its economic blacklist for alleged links

to human rights abuses there.

And in the past month, it's banned American investment in Chinese defense and surveillance

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