2025-09-03
21 分钟The Economist.
Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm your host Rosie Blaw.
Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
Artificial intelligence is making a lot of jobs easier and more productive.
Unfortunately, that also includes fraudsters.
New technology is helping hackers attack more targets and in more dangerous ways.
And British authorities are cracking down on strip clubs.
That sounds to me like a good thing, but our correspondent who went to visit one in Norwich, has other ideas.
But first, I'm standing in Tiananmen Square for the military parade celebrating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Sarah Woo is our China correspondent and has been tracking China's week of grand diplomacy.
The sun is rising over Beijing and in a sign of how orchestrated this event is,
we had to report around 2:30 AM for an event starting at 9:00.
They've rehearsed this parade not just once,
but three times, each time closing off main arteries from Saturday night to Sunday morning.
Times that have woken people up in the middle of the night
as they rumbled past their apartment buildings and through trendy shopping districts.
Schools, restaurants and offices near the parade route have been closed in the days leading up to the parade.
President Xi walked into Tiananmen Square today flanked by Vladimir Putin on his right and Kim Jong Un on his left.
The level of control in this tightly choreographed affair was impressive.