2026-01-09
27 分钟The Economist.
Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm Rosie Blau.
And I'm Jason Palmer.
Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
Tensions between China and its near neighbors are a perennial concern.
As part of our World Ahead series, our correspondent explains
what we might expect to see in the country's behavior this year,
towards Taiwan, Japan, and beyond.
And Nuno Loureiro spent a career studying plasma,
that mysterious fourth phase of matter,
hoping to harness it for clean fusion energy.
Our obituaries editor recounts how that effort was cut short by a long-ago classmate.
First up though.
The unrest in Iran started on December 28th
when electronics vendors in Tehran went on strike
to protest a currency that was in freefall.
And last night those protests grew in size significantly.
Despite a country-wide internet shutdown,
videos have emerged of huge crowds on the streets,