Xiaomi the way: a Chinese tech giant gets bigger
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The Economist
4.4 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
The smartphone giant is now making strong inroads in the electric-vehicle market. But can its boss’s belovedness at home translate to success abroad? Britain and Argentina are putting past differences behind them as the South Atlantic becomes a strategic hotspot. And how women’s sports, already sharply on the rise, can get bigger still.
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| 0:33.1 | The Economist. |
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| 0:45.7 | I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 0:47.5 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:58.0 | With Britain and Argentina, there's a little bit of that, don't mention the war vibe. |
| 1:02.0 | The Falkland Islands are still a touchy subject. |
| 1:06.0 | But as the region becomes more important to the likes of Russia and China, |
| 1:10.0 | the two sides have plenty of reason to cooperate. |
| 1:14.5 | And as the final of the European Women's Championship |
| 1:17.5 | approaches this weekend, |
| 1:19.2 | we take a look at women's sports more broadly. |
| 1:22.1 | They're on a tear, |
| 1:23.7 | and they'll do better still by not copying the men's games |
| 1:26.9 | when it comes to growth and governance. |
| 1:33.9 | But first... |
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