Ep.410: Dissidente a Pechino, yuppie a Manhat...

Ep.946: Pierre-Èdouard Stérin dice che, se non si fa qualcosa, la Francia diventerà la prima repubblica islamica d’Europa. Alle elezioni municipali di domenica, tanti candidati sindaci venivano dalla sua scuola politica. Divenuto miliardario con le Smartbox, ha usato i propri sol ...  Show more

Ep.945: Venerdì il presidente degli Stati Uniti aveva ventilato che la guerra stesse per volgere al termine. Il giorno dopo ha minacciato di bombardare le centrali elettriche iraniane se Teheran non avesse riaperto lo stretto di Hormuz entro 48 ore. Oggi, ha rinviato l’ultimatum ...  Show more

Over the weekend, protests against China’s strict coronavirus restrictions ricocheted across the country in a rare case of nationwide civil unrest. It was the most extensive series of protests since the pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square in 1989.

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Le président chinois, Xi Jinping, est attendu en visite d’Etat en France lundi 6 et mardi 7 mai pour célébrer les 60 ans de relations diplomatiques entre les deux pays, mais aussi pour évoquer avec Emmanuel Macron les crises internationales, dont la guerre en Ukrai ...  Show more

One year ago, we had Anne Applebaum on the podcast to talk about her essay, "The Bad Guys Are Winning." And I think you could have made an argument that this was the most important story in geopolitics. Across the world, the rise of authoritarianism—in Russia, China, Turkey, Vene ...  Show more

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Jimmy Lai was born in mainland China but made his fortune in Hong Kong, starting as a sweatshop worker and becoming a clothing tycoon. After the Tiananmen massacre in 1989, he turned his attention to the media, launching pu ...