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PLA a part? Hong Kong’s growing unrest
PLA a part? Hong Kong’s growing unrest
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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Aug 6, 2019
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Podcast episode
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China’s central government held another press conference to address increasingly chaotic unrest in Hong Kong. A close listen reveals language that may be presaging a military intervention. There’s much to be said for employee share ownership—but a push from left-leaning politicians to mandate its availability is creating controversy. And, the dirty secret behind the exorbitant costs of music-gig tickets.Additional audio courtesy of cgeffex from Freesound.org. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Aug 6, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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