{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/360bbeaf-f785-4e95-96ac-ed63d4ce3bf8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ballot blocks: the squeeze on Hong Kong","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/62e286e1dc55dd001230b695.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>The territory’s elections have been postponed, its activists barred from running—police are even targeting them abroad. <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/china/2020/08/01/many-hong-kongers-are-considering-emigration?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">What next</a> for the democracy movement? We ask whether the global protests about race will affect <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2020/07/23/bigotry-against-black-people-poisons-the-arab-world-too?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">rampant discrimination</a> in Arab countries, most of which host a minority black population. And the solution to a <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/07/02/a-pests-genome-reveals-its-past?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">viniferous mystery</a> that dates back a century and a half.&nbsp;For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href=\"http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}