Bear backed: Xi heads to Moscow
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The visit of Xi Jinping, China’s president, to Moscow may seem like the solidifying of a simple, anti-Western alliance. But China is walking a delicate line to look after its own interests. A growing minority of young people simply do not want to drive; that will have consequences far beyond roadways. And research on colonising the Moon goes underground.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm currently out of office. |
| 0:04.4 | An article I read recently said we're more relaxed and more productive after a good break. |
| 0:14.4 | So I've gone to Barbados for a month for science. |
| 0:22.4 | Yours, Toby. |
| 0:24.2 | Take your holiday as seriously as British Airways holidays take your holiday. |
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| 1:06.1 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the economist. |
| 1:09.5 | Today, from London, I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 1:12.6 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:20.2 | Among lots of rich countries, young people are just falling out of love with cars. |
| 1:25.5 | A growing minority doesn't drive, doesn't even have licenses. |
| 1:29.3 | And in the long run, that could have big political implications. |
| 1:33.3 | And colonizing the Moon would be an enormous undertaking, |
| 1:39.3 | not least because the conditions on the lunar surface are so dangerous. |
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