Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

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

You might have heard of the Uyghurs, a persecuted Muslim minority in China,

but there's another Muslim group, just as large, spread throughout the country.

We speak to some Kui people experiencing the repression of their religion.

And in Europe this weekend, a new system for weeding out fake drugs will come into force.

It's massive, complicated, and eye-wateringly expensive,

and practically no one wants it.

So why was it set up?

But first...

An arms control treaty is dead,

and some say it marks the end of the post-Cold War era.

In the past week, first America and then Russia announced they would withdraw from the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty, the INF.

It's an agreement that has been a pillar of arms control for 30 years.

Welcome to the White House.

This ceremony and the treaty we're signing today are both excellent examples of the rewards of patience.

In 1987, President Ronald Reagan signed the treaty with his Russian counterpart, Mikhail Gorbachev.

The importance of this treaty transcends numbers. But the importance of this treaty transcends numbers.

But the numbers were impressive.

Between them, the two sides destroyed nearly 3,000 short and medium range nuclear and non-nuclear missiles.

It was part of the historic thaw of the Cold War.

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