The Great Pull of China
The Europeans | European news, politics and culture
Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer
4.8 • 162 Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2020
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
You can blame Dominic for the pun. This week, as tensions between the United States and China reach fever-pitch, we're asking: does Europe need to pick a side? Tom Wan, Research Director in European Politics at the Global Studies Institute in Hong Kong, is on the line to explain what's at stake in Europe's relationship with China. Also this week: reproductive rights, a badly-behaved prince, and what lies beneath the floorboards.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi Katie. |
| 0:17.9 | Hello. |
| 0:19.6 | Having a good week, are we? |
| 0:21.5 | Oh, the world, Dominic. |
| 0:23.9 | Yeah, it's been a pretty tough week in the world, but yeah, we're going to just make a show |
| 0:29.3 | and we're actually going to be talking about some other things. |
| 0:31.8 | Some other stuff that's worrying for the world. |
| 0:34.2 | Yay! |
| 0:35.3 | I should say up front, we will be discussing Black Lives Matter next week in the show. |
| 0:41.4 | But yeah, this week we are discussing some other things. We've got some interesting things coming up. |
| 0:46.7 | We're going to be talking about Europe and China with Tom Wan, who is a specialist in European |
| 0:51.6 | politics based in Hong Kong. |
| 0:56.3 | Katie, you lived in Hong Kong for a while, didn't you? |
| 0:57.1 | I did. |
| 1:02.7 | So you are maybe already a European specialist on Europe-China relations. |
| 1:06.7 | Oh, it's nice to be considered a specialist in anything, Dominic, so thank you for that. |
| 1:10.2 | But, yeah, I hope everyone's doing okay out there. I know it's been a tough few months and a particularly tough week. |
| 1:15.9 | But we're going to carry on making the podcast and hopefully cheer you up with at least some distraction. |
| 1:23.3 | And first, I've got a little commemoration corner. |
| 1:26.6 | Is that okay? |
| 1:27.5 | Yeah, go for it. |
| 1:33.2 | So I'd like to start by cheering you up by talking about someone wonderful who died. |
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