Xiaomi the way: a Chinese tech giant gets bigger
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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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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| 1:05.7 | The Economist. |
| 1:15.5 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:17.1 | I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 1:22.0 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. With Britain and Argentina, there's a little bit of that, don't mention the war vibe. |
| 1:32.9 | The Falkland Islands are still a touchy subject. |
| 1:36.0 | But as the region becomes more important to the likes of Russia and China, the two sides have plenty of reason to cooperate. |
| 1:45.0 | And as the final of the European Women's Championship approaches this weekend, |
| 1:49.0 | we take a look at women's sports more broadly. |
| 1:52.0 | They're on a tear, and they'll do better still by not copying the men's games |
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