Trouble in Shangri-La: Sino-American tensions escalate
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
At a meeting of defence ministers from the Asia-Pacific region, heightened tensions between Beijing and Washington were all too apparent. A naval spat in the Taiwan Strait looms large over relations. What will it take for both sides to talk? In Brazil, Lula faces an uphill battle to undo his predecessor’s policies. And are British boarding schools worth it?
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| 1:05.8 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:09.1 | I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:10.4 | And I'm Oire Ogunby. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events |
| 1:16.6 | shaping your world. |
| 1:22.6 | Brazil's left-wing president, Lula, is back in office and wants to undo the policies of his populist predecessor, |
| 1:29.2 | Jayae Bolsonaro. That won't be easy. Mr. Bolsonaro still has fans among evangelicals, gun nuts, |
| 1:37.2 | and big tech companies. And British boarding schools are often upheld as the pinnacle of privilege for the poshest kids. |
| 1:47.0 | But psychologists argue that sending children away creates problems in later life. |
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