What he wants, what Xi wants: Macron in China
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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On his visit to Beijing Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, has much to balance: his peacemaking ways, a more hawkish travel partner and the commercial interests of his delegation of business leaders. What will result? We ask what is being done to avoid a looming famine in North Korea. And why baseball is getting speedier and more action-packed this season.
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| 0:59.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:02.5 | I'm your host, Oire Ugunbighi. |
| 1:04.7 | And I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:06.2 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:13.6 | In the 19day, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. In the 1990s, North Korea endured a famine that killed hundreds of thousands. |
| 1:19.6 | Worrying reports regarding its ongoing food crisis |
| 1:23.6 | suggests the country is once again in a dire situation. |
| 1:26.6 | Can the regime avoid a catastrophe on the same scale this time? |
| 1:31.3 | And if you ask most people what baseball games are like, the answer is likely to be slow. |
| 1:38.3 | That's how many old school fans like it. |
| 1:41.3 | But the sport is failing to attract young ones, so authorities are trying |
| 1:45.9 | to make things a bit speedier and spicier. |
| 1:51.2 | First up, though. Emmanuel Macron, France's president, is packing his bags and heading to Beijing for three days of meetings. |
| 2:06.8 | Yesterday, ahead of his departure, he welcomed Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission's president. |
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