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The Intelligence from The Economist

2026-08-20

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From anti-corruption probes to a disgruntled ex-minister calling for elections to disrupted grain shipments, headaches are mounting for Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky. China has until now coped with a patchy, pricey system for mental-health treatment. The government is now getting serious about plugging the gaps. And why a debate over “Paw Patrol” is more than just culture-war madness.  Guests and host: Oliver Carroll, Ukraine correspondentSarah Wu, China correspondentAndrew Miller, special correspondentJason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence” Topics covered:  Ukraine war, Volodymyr Zelensky, Mykhailo FedorovChina, CCP, mental healthPaw Patrol, culture wars
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  • The Economist

  • Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

  • I'm Jason Palmer.

  • Today on the show, China's government gets serious about mental health,

  • and the insidious, surreptitious politics of Paw Patrol.

  • First up, though.

  • Getting mental health treatment in China is less than straightforward,

  • partly because there's historically been a lot of stigma around it,

  • mostly because it's hard to find a qualified mental health professional and pricey if you do.

  • But it is very much in the government's interest to tackle this growing problem.

  • So, in China, this hyper-competitive society

  • has undergone a lot of economic and social change at a rapid cliff.

  • So, many people are struggling to keep up, and they're struggling with mental health issues.

  • Sarah Wu is a China correspondent for The Economist

  • and a co-host of Drum Tower, our subscriber-only sister show on China.

  • The government is increasingly aware of this problem,

  • and they want to address the gaps in the system in a way that we haven't seen before.

  • And before we get to addressing the problem, how big is the problem?

  • So, there's a new paper that just came out in The Lancet, which is a medical journal,

  • that offers the most comprehensive estimate to date.