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.

A little over a year ago, the global economy was looking pretty healthy. Now, not so much.

A slowdown is hitting the world's manufacturing sector and spreading. It's all connected to China's

bad economic habits. And measures to stop it might make things worse. And there's a country

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We take a look at Denmark's pig fence.

First up, though.

Hostilities flared up between India and Pakistan this week,

as both countries launched tit-for-tat air strikes.

Yesterday, Pakistan's Prime minister, Imran Khan,

warned of the possible consequences of further clashes between the two nuclear-armed powers.

In a televised speech, he asked,

can we afford any miscalculation?

The conflict burst into life after a terrorist bombing two weeks ago that killed 40 Indian troops in the divided territory of Kashmir, the site of many unresolved arguments about territorial control and a focus of religious disputes.

Open warfare broke out in the fair land of Kashmir.

The first war between India and Pakistan began in 1947,

just after the British-led partition that divided them.

Pakistan was created as a separate, heavily Muslim state.

It wanted control of the Muslim majority area of Kashmir.

Indian armed forces arrived to combat the Muslim troops from Pakistan.

In the closing months of 1947, the disturbance turned into a real war.

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