With nearly 1.4 billion people, China is the biggest consumer market in the world. Yet the supermarket giant Tesco has found it tough to crack the market.
Tesco struggles to crack Chinese market as profits fall
3 October 2013 Last updated at 01:18 BST
With nearly 1.4 billion people, China is the biggest consumer market in the world. But it's proven to be a tough one to crack for British supermarket giant Tesco.
After struggling to make money in the country, Tesco has announced a joint venture with China Resources Enterprise (CRE).
Tesco will have a 20% stake in the business, which it said would have sales approaching £10bn.
The announcement came as Tesco reported a 23.5% drop in profits during the first half of its financial year.