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A giant leadership reshuffle is underway in China, but one job will stay the same: Xi Jinping is almost certain to secure another five-year term at next year’s party congress. Reasons to be optimistic about Europe’s tech future. And the life of controversial winemaker, Michel Rol ...  Show more

NASA has successfully launched its first crewed space mission in over a decade. Our correspondent explains why America wants to build a moonbase. AI models underperform in languages other than English. And meet China’s social-media stars: influencer-officials. Guests and host:Oli ...  Show more

It is that best-of time of year. We outline the case for our country of the year, after an uncharacteristically easy nomination process. Our correspondents explain their picks for the <a href="https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/12/06/these-are-the-economists-best-books-of-202 ...  Show more

Each year The Economist selects its country of the year: a place that has improved the most. Improvement, though, was damnably rare in 2021. We run through our nominations and the shortlist, and take a close look at <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/12/1 ...

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A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, why <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/10/19/t ...