China has invested massively into sports, and with great success at the Olympics. But one sport in particular has been a huge letdown: Chinese football. China failed yet again to qualify to take part in the World Cup competition. Now you've got another very dark cloud gathering over the sport in China.
Economists and politicians around the world are consumed with one question: is the world headed for a recession, or a relatively soft landing? We’ll tell you what clues the American property market offers. Why China’s football team can’t seem to find its feet. And why rap lyrics are increasingly treated as confessions of guilt in American courts.
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