Rocketing science: China’s newest superpower
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The Economist
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🗓️ 24 June 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
After decades as a scientific also-ran, China is becoming a superpower particularly in the physical sciences. We examine the risks and opportunities that poses for the West. Our correspondent looks into why denizens of the Mediterranean live so long (10.32). And this year’s confluence of two broods makes for a rare preponderance of cicadas (17.53).
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| 0:00.0 | BP is working to bring more lower carbon energy to the UK, like developing offshore wind, |
| 0:06.1 | and we're keeping oil and gas flowing from the North Sea. It's and not all. That's how BP is backing Britain. Well today we're mostly in oil and gas. |
| 0:16.0 | We increased the proportion of our global annual investment that went into our lower carbon and other transition businesses from around 3% in 2019 to around 23% in |
| 0:26.0 | 2023. VP.com slash and not all. The Economist. |
| 0:37.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from New York. |
| 0:42.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the economist. |
| 0:46.0 | I'm your host Rosie Blore. |
| 0:48.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world. |
| 1:01.0 | We all know that the Mediterranean has amazing weather, landscape and culture. People there even live longer. Our |
| 1:04.4 | correspondent selflessly took on a hardship posting to search for the secret of |
| 1:09.3 | longevity. And here's a quiz for you. I'm loud, irritating and suddenly everywhere at the moment. |
| 1:17.0 | What am I? Nope, not a politician, not even an election. |
| 1:22.0 | Swarms of Sikadas are now massing in America. |
| 1:25.0 | We find out why. First up though. |
| 1:35.0 | though. |
| 1:37.0 | This month a Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon and planted a Chinese flag. |
| 1:50.0 | In the coming days it will return to Earth the first mission to bring back rock and soil samples from this hard to reach spot |
| 1:59.0 | Lunar voyages have long been a symbol of a country's ambitions. |
| 2:03.0 | The 1960 space race was an extension of the Cold War. |
| 2:07.0 | And no nation which expects to be the leader of other nations |
| 2:12.0 | can expect to stay behind in this race for space. |
| 2:16.0 | Yet China's moon landing isn't just a giant step for the country as a global force. |
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