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Is China’s Economic Miracle Over? by Hoover Institution features an essential conversation with Logan Wright, who explains how China’s massive credit expansion transitioned from a growth driver into a severe financial constraint that limits Beijing’s future economic options.

Highlights by Theme

News & Business

In macroeconomics and policy, Hoover Institution breaks down why minimum wage increases often fail low-income families compared to targeted tax credits, while Financial Times features a former MI6 chief warning that peace in Ukraine remains distant due to weapon depletion and political headwinds. On corporate menu strategy and political conventions, The Wall Street Journal covers Burger King’s investments in core menu quality to drive foot traffic alongside Donald Trump’s proposal for a $5,000 voter dividend at the GOP midterm convention. Meanwhile, Chinese-language finance channel 美投侃新闻 provides market commentary on crude oil crossing $100 per barrel, record global gold ETF inflows, and US Treasury yield buyback dynamics.

Learning & Ideas

Leading off intellectually, Veritasium demystifies the intimidating Smith chart in electrical engineering, showing how a century-old tool resolves complex radio-frequency power transmission problems. In history and politics, Chinese-language channel LIFEANO CLUB features Yuan Tengfei examining how prominent writers like Voltaire and Camilo José Cela weaponized state authority against ideological rivals while maintaining a public persona of moral conscience. Over at TED, Rapelang Rabana introduces Imagine Worldwide’s solar-charged, offline tablet program delivering literacy instruction in Malawi, complemented by another TED talk exploring how treating personal social schedules as an optimization problem deepens modern loneliness.

Tech & AI

CNBC International interviews Cohere CEO Aiden Gomez on why global enterprises and governments are prioritizing sovereign AI infrastructure to avoid single-point dependencies, while Financial Times highlights research demonstrating that AI developer productivity gains frequently bottleneck at human review stages. In consumer hardware, The Wall Street Journal tests Apple’s $1,999 foldable iPhone Duo, weighing its dual-screen productivity against camera and biometric trade-offs, while Chinese creator 小Lin说 delivers an energetic behind-the-scenes vlog from Apple’s launch event.

Everything Else

BBC Earth showcases the remarkable sword-billed hummingbird—the only bird with a beak longer than its body—adapting to feed on exclusive deep flowers. Apple TV offers high-stakes visuals with a trailer for the winter K2 mountaineering documentary and Nico Rosberg testing Madrid’s new F1 street circuit on a simulator. Lastly, Taiwanese lifestyle channel GQ Taiwan highlights national basketball captain Chen Ying-chun carrying his daughter’s shoe as a lucky charm at the Asian Games and a chef’s guide to picking ripe watermelons.

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