{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/633ebf6dfc7f5a0012acdc97/63c6d1b99ae24b00111846be?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Drum Tower: A tale of two Chinas","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/633ebf6dfc7f5a0012acdc97/1666621269619-912ebfd9c3d123fcac0e9fc126f2c068.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The recent surge in covid-19 cases has exposed the gulf between<a href=\"https://www.economist.com/china/2023/01/12/many-chinese-villagers-seem-ready-to-move-on-from-covid-19?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=drumtower&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> China's urban and rural healthcare system</a>. How vast is the gap and what is being done to bridge it?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>The Economist’</em>s Beijing bureau chief, David Rennie, and senior China correspondent, Alice Su, hear how doctors in cities and villages are coping with the rise in covid infections. Winnie Yip, professor of the practice of global health policy and economics at Harvard School of Public Health, assesses the Chinese government’s plans to revitalise healthcare.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Sign up to our weekly newsletter <a href=\"http://economist.com/drumnewsletter\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> and for full access to print, digital and audio editions, as well as exclusive live events, subscribe to <em>The Economist</em> at <a href=\"http://www.economist.com/drumoffer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">economist.com/drumoffer</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}