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Base motives? China in the Pacific

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The Economist

News, News & Politics

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The country has just one foreign military base, but there are fears it wants to dot the Pacific region with more—and that is, so far, proving tricky. With ties between Western and Russian scientists severed, decades of research in the Arctic, particularly on climate change, are at risk. And a new series further unpicks the mythology of punk music. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

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Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.

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Today, in London, I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

1:05.4

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

1:11.6

The Arctic hosts plenty of scientific research, most of all on how climate change will continue to play out.

1:19.6

But a lot of the Arctic is Russian territory. With Western ties to Russian scientists totally severed,

1:25.6

and research put on ice, all of that work is at risk.

1:32.0

And perhaps no genre of music upended the status quo as much as punk, leaving behind a mythology

1:38.8

of its formation and its heroes. As a new dramatization hits screens, we look at the truth behind the myth-making

1:46.6

and whether it matters. But first...

1:56.0

China's foreign minister Wang Yi is doing a little damage control today.

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