{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8044dc9e-e5f2-44bd-9c1c-e86bd88b72a0/63ad986a38c1f700110d2a66?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The World Ahead 2023: China's challenges","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a734d4d94bc8874243/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>As president <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2022/11/18/china-is-struggling-to-adjust-to-new-realities?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theworldahead&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Xi Jinping</a> begins his third five-year term, China’s path forward is uncertain. <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/china/2022/12/28/covid-19-is-tearing-through-china?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theworldahead&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Covid-19</a> is tearing through the country after it relaxed its strict “zero-covid” policies. China also faces slowing economic growth and rising geopolitical tensions with America. Are China’s days of rapid catch-up growth behind it? And how might the war in Ukraine change <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2022/11/18/chinas-tricky-foreign-relations-pose-a-challenge-to-xi-jinping?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theworldahead&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">China’s calculus</a> on Taiwan? <em>The Economist</em>'s China Editor, Roger McShane, senior China correspondent, Alice Su, and senior Asia correspondent, Dominic Ziegler, give their views.</p><p><br></p><p>Please subscribe to <em>The Economist</em> for full access to print, digital and audio editions:</p><p><a href=\"http://www.economist.com/podcastoffer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.economist.com/podcastoffer</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}