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The Intelligence: Down and out in “iPhone City”

The Intelligence: Down and out in “iPhone City”

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist


The Intelligence: Down and out in “iPhone City”

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist

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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Jan 31, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

As trade talks with China continue in Washington, our correspondent takes a trip to China’s “iPhone City” to see how the country’s slowdown is affecting workers. In El Salvador, a social-media darling leads the polls ahead of Sunday’s presidential election—but his policy plans remain unclear. And, a big diamond up for auction in Angola today is a crystal-clear sign of change for the country. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Jan 31, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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.