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Press to exit: Hong Kong’s media arrests

Press to exit: Hong Kong’s media arrests

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist


Press to exit: Hong Kong’s media arrests

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist

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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Jun 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The raid of an outspoken pro-democracy newspaper, carried out under the city’s newish security law, has further spooked its media outlets. We ask what remains of press freedom. Our correspondent visits Europe’s and Africa’s largest slums to see how a grinding pandemic has affected their residents. And how Somaliland’s curious, silent camel-trading method is changing.For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer
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Released:
Jun 18, 2021
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.