Editor’s Picks: June 8th 2020

<p>A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week: Police violence, race and protest in <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/06/04/police-violence-race-and-protest-in-america?cid1=cust/ednew/n/bl/n/2020/06/4n/owned/n/n/nwl/n/n/UK/488933/n" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">America</a>, How will China’s <a href="https://www.economist.com/china/2020/06/04/the-pandemic-is-hurting-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Belt and Road Initiative</a> survive? (10:30) And, <a href="https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2020/06/04/for-alexander-pushkin-lockdown-was-liberating" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alexander Pushkin’s</a> productive lockdown (23:10).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Please subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, digital and audio editions:</p><p><a href="www.economist.com/podcastoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/podcastoffer</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>