Ep 482: China’s Covid protests

<p>In China, large scale dissent has burst onto the streets for the first time in decades and President Xi Jinping has been directly criticised. Why now?</p><br><p>Listen to Pig Iron here: <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://podfollow.com/pigiron&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1669726494162642&amp;usg=AOvVaw1F70oq89Go0mE4G0R1hwSK" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://podfollow.com/pigiron</a></p><br><p>Tortoise is a news start-up devoted to slow journalism. We take our time to tell stories that really matter. If you want more slow and considered journalism, you can become a member of Tortoise to get access to more of our stories, contribute to our journalism and join exclusive events.</p><br><p>Just go to tortoisemedia.com/friend and use the code Tomini50 to get a year's digital membership for £50.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>