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Tsai hopes: Taiwan’s president on tour

Tsai hopes: Taiwan’s president on tour

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist


Tsai hopes: Taiwan’s president on tour

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist

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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Jul 12, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The delicate diplomatic dance that America is performing during Tsai Ing-Wen’s visit hints at the island’s strategic importance. Two of the deadly blazes of Australia’s “Black Saturday” were deliberately set; we ask what makes someone start fires. And, the hunt for a cheap holiday read in France: by law books must be sold at full price, but sellers are finding ways around that. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Jul 12, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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Get a daily burst of global illumination from The Economist’s worldwide network of correspondents as they dig past the headlines to get to the stories beneath—and to stories that aren’t making headlines, but should be.