The city that never slips: Beijing and covid
Economist Podcasts
The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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China’s Communist Party leaders have painted themselves into a corner: they cannot be seen to put the capital into lockdown, but permitting covid to spread could be catastrophic. We look into the myriad reasons behind America’s sharp shortages of baby formula, and how to solve them. And why it is illegal for women to get a manicure in Turkmenistan.
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| 1:05.4 | from The Economist. In London, I'm Jason Palmer. And in New York, I'm John Fastman. |
| 1:11.6 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:17.5 | This week, America has been forced to import baby formula from Switzerland. |
| 1:22.6 | We ask why the shortage has become so dire, |
| 1:25.4 | and there's far more to it than the usual story of gummed-up |
| 1:28.4 | supply chains. |
| 1:31.6 | And Turkmenistan's rulers have long had a pension for micromanaging their citizens' lives. |
| 1:37.2 | The new president's latest obsession? Cosmetic Surgery. |
| 1:41.4 | Laws banning Botox injections, nail extensions, and other such procedures are intrusively |
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