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Microsoft shutting down LinkedIn in China

It says having to comply with the Chinese state has become increasingly challenging

Microsoft is shutting down its social network, LinkedIn, in China, saying having to comply with the Chinese state has become increasingly challenging. It comes after the career-networking site faced questions for blocking the profiles of some journalists. We speak to author Greg Bruno, one of those who had his profile blocked in China. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Rahul Tandon reports on a power supply crisis in India, where more than 60% of the country's coal-fired power stations are suffering from fuel shortages.

Also in the programme, pressure on the global supply chain is making plenty of things much harder to get hold of. The shipping industry group BIMCO's chief shipping analyst Peter Sand gives us his assessment of how best to tackle the problem. The crisis in global supply chains has been pre-occupying finance ministers at a global meeting in Washington DC. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's The crisis in global supply chains is one of the big issues that's been pre-occupying finance ministers at a global meeting in Washington D. We get the latest from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's economics editor, Faisal Islam, who is there. Plus, the band Coldplay have just announced a range of innovations aimed at making their next world tour as environmentally friendly as possible. Lead singer Chris Martin has been speaking to Colin Paterson, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's entertainment correspondent.

All this and more discussed with our two guests throughout the show: Hayley Woodin, a journalist in New York City and Patrick Barta of the Wall Street Journal in Bangkok, Thailand.

(Picture: the LinkedIn login page on a tablet. Credit: Getty Images.)

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  • Fri 15 Oct 2021 00:06GMT

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