Patience zero: China’s remarkable unrest
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 28 November 2022
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Summary
Protests have become as bold as they are widespread—mostly against the country’s unsustainable zero-covid policies, but increasingly against the ruling regime itself. California’s wildfires have been growing more intense, and a new analysis shows just how much those blazes undo the good work of the state’s green policies. And a look at the evolution of the Great British Lad.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist in London. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Jason Paulman. |
| 0:08.0 | And in New York, I'm John Fassman. |
| 0:11.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:16.0 | We've been telling you for years about the extensive wildfires in America's West, |
| 0:22.0 | a natural but intensifying part of the region's ecology. |
| 0:26.0 | Now comes the worst news. |
| 0:29.0 | California's fires are creating emissions that easily offset any of its green policies. |
| 0:34.0 | And one of Britain's stereotypes is the lad committed to drinking and football |
| 0:41.0 | and the unabashed trash talking known as banter. |
| 0:44.0 | The lad is a cultural touchstone. |
| 0:46.0 | Yet as various sensitivities heighten, |
| 0:49.0 | lads do seem to be changing with the times. |
| 0:52.0 | A bit. |
| 0:53.0 | But first. |
| 1:02.0 | Shai Tai! |
| 1:04.0 | Shai Tai! |
| 1:06.0 | Shai Tai! |
| 1:08.0 | Shai Tai! |
| 1:10.0 | All it takes is a look on social media to see that China's citizens |
| 1:14.0 | have had enough of the country's zero-covid policies. |
| 1:18.0 | Back in February, when Shanghai was put on a poorly organized lockdown, |
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