{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a2aca9071d362181f88a91d/6a585736c152a357dbfe088e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A2 Spanish News | Why More Countries Now Prefer China Over the US","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a2aca9071d362181f88a91d/3b6bb4b8-1730-4dcc-a28f-de389918f1d3.jpg?height=200","description":"Improve your Spanish with slow news for A2 listening practice.\n\nIn this episode: A major Pew survey finds China viewed more positively than the US in many of 36 countries, with lower trust in both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump. Also: Scientists confirm a new monkey species in a forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with orange lips and just the fifth African monkey species found in 75 years.\n\nToday’s Spanish focus: más positiva que = more positive than. Vocabulary: la encuesta (survey), la confianza (trust), la imagen (image).\n\nLearn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/spanish-a2-2026-07-16","author_name":"LinguaWire"}