Exploring the impact of China's air pollution on its soft power and declining tourism, as well as discussing the weak soft power of its entertainment industry and the importance of Mandarin language skills.
Owing to a host of deep-rooted economic and political challenges, it could be the only G7 economy to contract this year. How might it turn the tide? More people want flashy, bigger electric vehicles, but are the added environmental costs counterproductive (10:00)? And examining the decline in Mandarin learning (18:18).
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