2026-01-09
27 分钟The Economist.
Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm Rosie Bloor.
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.
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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.
Greg Carlstrom is a Middle East correspondent for The Economist.
Despite a country-wide internet shutdown, videos have emerged of huge crowds on the streets,
not only in Tehran, but in cities across the country.
Protesters chanted things like death to the Ayatollah and long live the Shah,
referring to the deposed monarch of Iran.