① China’s July exports sharply topped market expectations and imports recorded the biggest jump in a year. How strongly has foreign trade supported China’s economy so far this year? (00:53)

② US President Donald Trump is threatening to impose a 100% tariff on foreign semiconductors. Can the US restore its past chip manufacturing capacity through tariffs or other means? (14:23)

③ Why is “Dead to Rights”, a film about the Nanjing Massacre, dominating China’s summer box office? (24:37)

④ A conversation with Jim Rogers, an investor and author, on China’s attractiveness to foreign investors over the next five years. (34:52)

⑤ Italy has given its final approval for a landmark bridge linking Sicily to the mainland. Why has Italy waited for almost six decades for its approval? (43:21)

Episode 97: James Fenimore Cooper: The Pathfinder (4)