Trump stumped as China reality show presenter quits

0 Comments | AFP, October, 2005

HONG KONG (AFP) — American property mogul Donald Trump's hopes of airing a Chinese version of his successful "The Apprentice" reality TV show has suffered a seback after its would-be presenter quit, local media said.

Chinese real estate tycoon Pan Shiyi mysteriously pulled out of negotiations for the show last month, the Sunday Morning Post said, quoting a spokeswoman for the businessman's Soho China company.

Pan was simply said to have thought arrangements were "inappropriate," the Hong Kong newspaper added.

The two tycoons struck a verbal agreement in August to set up the show, which would pit the business skills of 16 contestants against each other to see who would walk away with a lucrative contract with Soho China.

Pan told reporters at the time...