{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/633ebf6dfc7f5a0012acdc97/68d2b2fd02bd591597aba113?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Lofty ambitions: Chinese flying cars and drones take off","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/633ebf6dfc7f5a0012acdc97/1758638678178-37f0ff08-57a8-4c06-aab5-169becce170d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Delivery drones already <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/briefing/2025/06/12/chinas-low-altitude-economy-is-taking-off\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">zip through the skies</a> of many Chinese cities, while engineers race to build flying cars. But, in its ambition to develop a “low-altitude economy”, can the government marshal sci-fi dreams into reality, <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/china/2024/06/06/its-a-bird-its-a-planeits-a-chinese-flying-car\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">and profit?&nbsp;</a></p><p><br></p><p>Hosts: Jeremy Page <em>The Economist’s</em>&nbsp; chief China correspondent and Sarah Wu, our China correspondent.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>Transcripts of our podcasts are available via </em><a href=\"http://economist.com/podcasts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>economist.com/podcasts</em></a><em>.</em></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><em>.&nbsp;</em></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"}