Editor’s Picks: June 13th 2019

<p>A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/06/13/the-rule-of-law-in-hong-kong" target="_blank">huge demonstrations</a> in Hong Kong have rattled the territory’s government. (8:50) America’s biggest defence merger highlights the <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2019/06/15/the-utc-raytheon-deal-highlights-the-changing-nature-of-war" target="_blank">changing nature of war</a> (17:11) And, why Australia’s pioneering image cloaks a <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2019/06/15/australias-surprising-disregard-for-free-speech" target="_blank">nanny state</a></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>