2025-11-19
21 分钟The Economist.
Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm Jason Palmer.
And I'm Rosie Bloor.
Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
Hong Kong used to have a reputation for being one of its region's more enlightened places,
accepting of people of all kinds.
But as its government aligns more and more with the mainland,
its LGBT communities are feeling an unfamiliar pressure.
And we seem to be on a bit of a sluggish trail at the intelligence.
We've recently run a segment about snail racing in rural Britain.
Now we've got one about shell companies running fake mollusk farms in empty offices.
It's a real snail witer.
But first...
It was an effusive welcome.
American President Donald Trump greeted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House for the first time in seven years.
We have an extremely respected man in the Oval Office today and a friend of mine for a long time,
a very good friend of mine.
I'm very proud of the job he's done.
What he's done is incredible in terms of human rights and everything else.