Discover this podcast and so much more

Podcasts are free to enjoy without a subscription. We also offer ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more for just $11.99/month.

Until blue in the face: Hong Kong’s protests

Until blue in the face: Hong Kong’s protests

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist


Until blue in the face: Hong Kong’s protests

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist

ratings:
Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Sep 2, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The territory’s authorities have used live rounds, pepper spray and water cannon with blue dye to mark participants in ever-growing protests. What else might they resort to? The Baltic states, worried about Russian expansionism, are countering the old-school spycraft of the Kremlin’s agents. And, drag acts sashay into the mainstream. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Sep 2, 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.