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The Intelligence from The Economist

The Intelligence: The CCP would like chips with that

The Intelligence from The Economist

The Economist

News, Global News, Daily News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

China’s flip-flopping on video-game regulation reveals a messy message: leaders want to encourage “hard tech” such as chips and AI over the consumer kind—without sparking another costly crackdown. We ask Mark Carney, a former central-bank governor, whether he has ambitions to lead Canada (09:16). And why so many social-media types want to share their diaries online (18:19). 


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0:00.0

At Bayes Business School, we have the courage to think differently.

0:05.5

Our academics bring positive change to the world through their research.

0:09.8

We encourage our students to ask important questions and challenge convention.

0:15.6

We teach them how to think, not want to think.

0:19.3

And we've been doing it for over 50 years.

0:22.2

Bays Business School.

0:24.0

Always learning.

0:25.6

Bays Business School was formerly cast business school. The Economist. Hello and welcome'm Jason Palmer.

0:45.0

Every week day we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

0:47.0

And I'm Jason Palmer.

0:49.0

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

0:54.0

He'd be no conventional politician.

0:59.0

In fact, he insists that politics is best avoided.

1:03.0

But a man who has been a central banker across two countries

1:06.0

is rumored to be eyeing up Canada's top spot.

1:10.0

We ask Mark Carney about his intentions to run for Prime Minister.

1:16.0

And the idea of teenagers reading out their diaries on Tik-Toc seems to entirely undermine what diaries are supposed to be for.

1:24.2

But there's a long history of these private musings being made public, if not like

1:29.6

Tik-Tok public.

1:36.0

First up though, In mid-December,

1:40.0

In mid-December, things were looking really good for Tencent.

1:45.0

Don Wineland is our China Business and Finance editor.

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