Ill news, spreads apace: covid in China
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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The sudden rescinding of zero-covid strictures has, as expected, led to a spike in cases. Our correspondent visits overstretched hospitals and crematoria, and considers what will happen next. Aerial drones have in part shaped the war in Ukraine; now the naval kind are starting to play a role. And French-language purity goes out the window when it comes to startups.
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| 1:05.8 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. In London, I'm Jason Palmer. And in New York, |
| 1:12.2 | I'm John Fastman. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:21.0 | Since the earliest days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, we've been reporting on the transformative |
| 1:26.8 | effects that drones have had for both |
| 1:29.1 | sides. But unmanned attack craft don't just travel by air, and Ukraine is making much of those |
| 1:35.9 | that travel by sea. And few countries guard their linguistic purity as rigorously as France. |
| 1:43.9 | Millennials, for instance, are properly termed by the Academy |
| 1:46.7 | Francaise, Enfant de Numeric. |
| 1:49.6 | But when it comes to brand names, all bets are off. |
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