Editor’s picks: August 8th 2019

<p>A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, China’s response to the <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/08/08/chinese-troops-must-stay-off-the-streets-of-hong-kong" target="_blank">protests in Hong Kong </a>could have global repercussions.&nbsp; The British government claims it is too late for MPs to prevent the country <a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/2019/08/10/can-parliament-stop-no-deal" target="_blank">leaving the EU on October 31st</a>. Yet many are determined to try (9:12). And, Norway has had its fillet of <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2019/08/10/norway-has-haddock-enough-of-fish-smugglers" target="_blank">fish-smugglers</a> (16:33)</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>