{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/633ebf6dfc7f5a0012acdc97/663a4865a91ea400124abc74?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Drum Tower: How Alzheimer's will test China","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/633ebf6dfc7f5a0012acdc97/1715095522300-d0dc0e2924fc654535ba139130bcbbe5.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>China is about to be hit by <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/china/2024/04/18/the-dark-side-of-growing-old?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\">a wave of Alzheimer’s</a>, as its population ages and shrinks. The disease will place great strains on Chinese society and test the country’s health-care system to its limits. David Rennie, <em>The Economist</em>’s Beijing bureau chief, and Alice Su, our senior China correspondent, ask: how will dementia expose China’s weak points?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—</em><a href=\"https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>subscribe to Economist Podcasts+</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><em>For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our </em><a href=\"https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>FAQs page</em></a><em> or watch </em><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gczo71bg1uY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>our video</em></a><em> explaining how to link your account.</em></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}