The Intelligence: Independents’ day
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Taiwan’s election of William Lai Ching-te of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party is sure to annoy leaders in Beijing; we ask what to expect next. Britain’s Post Office scandal simmered for two decades before a television series made it boil over (10:14). And what happens when climate change makes it too hot to work (17:44).
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| 1:00.6 | The Economist |
| 1:06.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:11.8 | And I'm Oire Ogunbeye. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:22.3 | In Britain, a television series has at last got the public interested in a miscarriage of justice that carried |
| 1:28.6 | on for two decades. What happened in the country's postal service is a lesson, in part, in |
| 1:34.5 | trusting new technology too much. And, as someone who much prefers to work from a sunny beach, |
| 1:43.1 | it pains me to share that hot weather is making many jobs harder. |
| 1:48.0 | And that's bad news for a warming world. |
| 1:51.0 | But first... Taiwan has Taiwan has elected a new president, and the result is not going to please leaders in mainland China. |
| 2:19.5 | William Lai Ching De of the Democratic Progressive Party, or DPP, the current ruling party, will take office in May. |
| 2:32.6 | In his victory speech, Mr. Lai said Taiwan was telling the whole world |
| 2:37.0 | that between democracy and authoritarianism, they had chosen to stand on the side of democracy. |
| 2:43.0 | Yet the finer details of the elections show why Mr. Lai may struggle to govern, |
| 2:48.0 | and how the Taiwanese public has more on its mind than saber-rattling |
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