Shining armour: China’s new fleet
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
4.5 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Over the last couple of decades, the state has been making significant investments into its armed forces in an attempt to challenge America’s dominance. We ask how much further they will go. When the Ukraine war sent energy prices soaring, the consequences for Europe proved fatal. And, a tribute to the father of Tibetan film.
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| 0:00.0 | Conventional wisdom says that if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. |
| 0:05.0 | But what if something happens that no one planned for? |
| 0:08.0 | The rules of business and society have changed. |
| 0:12.0 | Today it is no longer just survival of the fittest, it's survival of the fastest. |
| 0:17.0 | New laws and regulations can bring opportunities. |
| 0:21.0 | Businesses need a law firm that will help seize them, |
| 0:24.0 | because success isn't about keeping up with change. |
| 0:27.0 | It is about being out in front and setting the pace. |
| 0:31.0 | Agility is the law of tomorrow. |
| 0:33.0 | Discover what you can do with it today at Mishkond.com. |
| 0:37.0 | Mishkond Arayam, its business, but it's personal. |
| 0:46.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the Economist. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm Aure Oganbi. |
| 0:51.0 | And I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 0:52.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:59.0 | Last year, oil and gas prices soared across Europe. |
| 1:03.0 | And that weaponization of energy by Russia was bound to cost lives. |
| 1:08.0 | Our data team finds that our grim prediction of tens of thousands of needless deaths was correct. |
| 1:15.0 | And before Pemat Siedin, there were no feature films in the Tibetan language. |
| 1:20.0 | Tibet had no camera men, no actors, no directors before him. |
| 1:25.0 | Our obituaries editor looks back on a life spent bringing a Tibetans unhurried thoughtful gaze to the big screen. |
| 1:37.0 | First up though. |
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