Xiaomi the way: a Chinese tech giant gets bigger

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  The Economist.

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  Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm your host Jason Palmer.

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  Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

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  With Britain and Argentina, there's a little bit of that don't mention the war vibe.

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  The Falkland Islands are still a touchy subject,

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  but as the region becomes more important to the likes of Russia and China,

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  the two sides have plenty of reason to cooperate.

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  And, as the final of the European Women's Championship approaches this weekend,

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  we take a look at women's sports more broadly.

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  They are on a tear,

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  and they'll do better still by not copying the men's games when it comes to growth and governance.

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  But first...

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  The Chinese company Xiaomi is the world's third largest smartphone maker after Apple and Samsung.

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  Don Wieneland is The Economist's China Business and Finance Editor.

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  Its founder, Leijun, is really no stranger to success.

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  So 10 years ago,

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  he was already setting Guinness World Records by selling millions of smartphones in very short periods of time.

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  So he sold 2.1 million smartphones in about 24 hours.

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  And he's been doing this for a long time.

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