Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

There's much to learn about China's place in the global economy from arriving boxes full of fluffy little chicks.

After decades of breeding, they grow huge and fast, and as much as China wants self-sufficiency, it lacks its own super chickens at home.

And we speak with an author who's looked into the macabre practice of binding books with human

skin.

They traced back to the 19th century, quite some time before the concept of informed consent

took hold in the medical community.

But first...

It's three days since Americans went to the polls and the votes are still being counted.

The latest tallies show Joe Biden inching ever closer to the 270 electoral college votes he needs to become

president-elect. This morning, he took the lead in Georgia for the first time. He's up in Arizona

and Nevada, and is chipping away at President Trump's advantage in Pennsylvania. Mr. Biden called

for patience as the last votes are tallied. We have no doubt that when the count is finished,

Senator Harris and I will be declared the winners.

So I ask everyone to stay calm, all the people to stay calm.

The process is working.

The count is being completed and we'll know very soon.

But Mr. Trump has filed lawsuits in an attempt to stop the counts.

He's complained, baselessly, of corruption.

If you count the legal votes, I easily win.

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