【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Surging global bond yields, elevated oil deepen rupee's slide to record lows 正文：India’s rupee is caught in a perfect storm. A vicious combination of surging global bond yields, elevated oil prices, and a historic exodus of foreign capital has pushed Asia’s worst-performing currency to a succession of all-time lows, forcing the Reserve Bank of India into emergency mode. The crisis is now so acute that the central bank has revived its most aggressive intervention ta...
Jun 07, 2026•15 min•Ep. 1
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：'Multipolar world': What China and Putin announced after Beijing summit The Russian and Chinese leaders agreed on bilateral cooperation during Putin’s visit to China. 正文：Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart signed a joint declaration following their meeting in Beijing, focusing on building a “multipolar world and a new type of international relations”. The two countries also announced that they had signed a large package of deals solidifyin...
Jun 06, 2026•18 min•Ep. 2
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：This CEO has teamed up with Google, Microsoft, and McKinsey to build an AI degree that could rival Harvard—and it will cost only $10,000 to attend 正文： As millions of young people weigh what comes after high school—whether that’s a traditional college degree, a skilled trade program, or skipping higher education altogether—a new option will soon enter the mix. Sal Khan, the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, announced this week the launch of the Khan TED Institute, a...
Jun 05, 2026•18 min•Ep. 3
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：50 Years Since Concorde's First Commercial Flight, Will We Ever Fly Supersonic Again? 正文： At 11.40am GMT on 21 January 1976, two aircraft – one British Airways from London Heathrow to Bahrain, the other Air France from Paris CDG to Rio de Janeiro via Dakar – rolled down their respective runways at precisely the same moment and climbed away in near-perfect choreography. These were not test flights nor ceremonial flypasts – but Concorde’s first commercial passenger ...
Jun 04, 2026•15 min•Ep. 4
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：A Chinese upstart didn't just win a motorcycle race. It rewire d a global industry In the Czech Republic, a rookie manufacturer shatter ed the decades -long dominance of European and Japanese giants 正文： For 18 laps at the Autodrom Most, the deafening scream of motorcycle engines provided the soundtrack to an old-world order refusing to yield. But on the final lap, at Turn 13, the script that has governed international racing for half century was torn to shreds. Va...
Jun 03, 2026•16 min•Ep. 5
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：The Pageantry and Flattery of Donald Trump’s Visit to China The President yielded potential deals for airplanes and soybeans but no apparent agreement on Iran. 正文： In 1972, when Richard Nixon became the first American President to visit China, he was preoccupied with more than making diplomatic history. He wanted to ease his way out of an unpopular war in Vietnam and to burnish his image with scenes of statesmanship. As his aides plotted TV coverage that might imp...
Jun 02, 2026•17 min•Ep. 6
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：T jets to China with gaggle of CEOs, hoping Chinese leader will 'open up' to them 正文： President Donald T called for the Chinese Government to “open up” the country as he traveled to Beijing alongside a large group of leaders from top U.S. technology and financial companies. In addition to his administration’s delegation, T traveled with Tesla chief and former DOGE leader Elon Musk aboard Air Force One. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang joined the flight at a refueling stop ...
Jun 01, 2026•13 min•Ep. 7
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Elon Musk Returns to Trump’s Side in Beijing Mr. Musk is part of a delegation of business leaders to China, where his interests include Tesla’s electric vehicle factory and solar panels. 正文： Nearly a year after his pugnacious exit from the White House, Elon Musk joined President Trump in Beijing on Thursday as an ambassador for American business in China. Mr. Trump’s tariffs have complicated Mr. Musk’s business interests in China. Though the two had previously fal...
May 31, 2026•16 min•Ep. 8
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Trump's Shrinking Ambitions on China The president came into office planning harsher trade moves on China than on the rest of the world. Here's why he's had to scale them back. 正文： When President Trump campaigned in 2024, he promised a trade agenda that would hit China harder than any other economic partner, expanding on actions he had taken in his first term. 知识点：campaign v. /kæmˈpeɪn/ to try to achieve political or social change by persuading people to support y...
May 30, 2026•15 min•Ep. 9
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Distracted and Bogged Down, Trump Enter a Summit of Reduced Ambitions The war in Iran has cast a shadow of uncertainty on both superpowers, dimming early hopes that they could begin to address the larger issues that have frayed their relationship. 正文： This is not how President Trump wanted to arrive in China. When he delayed his long-awaited trip to Beijing by six weeks, Mr. Trump was betting he would arrive in Beijing this week having forced the Iranians to capit...
May 29, 2026•18 min•Ep. 10
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：2026 World Cup: FIFA still haggling with broadcasters in China and India over 'most U.S. tournament ever' 正文： With a gag first tested at the World Economic Forum in Davos, FIFA president Gianni Infantino entertained audiences at the Milken Institute ’s Global Conference in Beverly Hills. Speaking to investors and business leaders, he described FIFA as“the official happiness provider to humanity since 1904”and “called the World Cup ball “a magic tool that transform...
May 28, 2026•17 min•Ep. 11
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Why POTUS’s China Trip Is Set Up to Fail 正文： This is how things will go down. POTUS will arrive in Beijing this Thursday to be serenaded with gushing pageantry. There’s the obligatory photo op at the Great Hall of the People before closed-door talks with his Chinese counterpart. Both leaders will emerge to a fanfare of superficial deals that each can claim as a win: the sale of American soybeans and perhaps jet engines that China desperately needs. They release st...
May 27, 2026•15 min•Ep. 12
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Pentagon releases first batch of previously secret files documenting reports of UFOs Among the releases is a 1969 debrief of Buzz Aldrin stating he saw a ‘sizeable’ object close to the lunar surface 正文：The Pentagon on Friday released an initial group of previously secret files documenting reports of UFOs – a move sought for decades by some. Among the highlights is Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, telling a 1969 debrief of seeing...
May 26, 2026•14 min•Ep. 13
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：The Cruise From Hell We look into the hantavirus crisis onboard the Hondius. 正文：It’s the plot of a horror movie: A mysterious virus creeps through a luxury cruise ship that’s following the spring migration of ocean birds out of the Antarctic. The bug, which can cause lung and kidney failure, isn’t supposed to be able to leap between humans. Except maybe it can? Three passengers are dead, and four more have fallen ill. 知识点：plot n. /plɒt/ the main story or sequence ...
May 25, 2026•17 min•Ep. 14
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：China thinks America is declining but still uniquely dangerous It sees Donald Trump as both symptom and accelerant of the decline 正文：In late January, as Donald Trump completed his first year back in the White House, a group of scholars in Beijing penned a report thanking the American president. Their gratitude was sarcastic, not an endorsement of Trumpian policy. But the sentiment behind it was genuine. Thank you, they wrote, to President Trump for driving away Am...
May 24, 2026•18 min•Ep. 15
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Wu Yize beats Shaun Murphy in thrilling final frame to win World Snooker Championship 正文：As the ticker tape rained down on Wu Yize and the Chinese flag was draped over the shoulders of snooker's newest superstar as he clutched the game's most famous prize, it was hard not to imagine that this sport was changing in front of our eyes for ever. 知识点：ticker tape /ˈtɪkə teɪp/ n. strips of coloured paper thrown in celebration 彩色纸屑（庆祝场合抛撒的碎纸） · Ticker tape filled the air ...
May 23, 2026•16 min•Ep. 16
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：China’s migrant workers are shunning factory jobs, and manufacturers are getting desperate 正文：China’s young migrant workers are turning up their noses at humdrum factory jobs – a line of employment that previous generations were content with.Instead, many are opting to join the nation’s army of delivery workers, lured by better pay and more flexible hours. “An internship at a factory can’t teach you anything,” said Liao Yong, a 19-year-old delivery driver in Beiji...
May 22, 2026•18 min•Ep. 17
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：China Bans Meta ’s Acquisition of Manus on National Security Grounds Decision reflects Beijing’s broader attempts to protect China’s AI know -how 正文：China has banned Meta Platforms’ acquisition of artificial-intelligence startup Manus on national security grounds and ordered that the $2.5 billion deal be unwound. China’s National Development and Reform Commission, which has the authority to review foreign investments, said Monday that it has banned the acquisition...
May 21, 2026•14 min•Ep. 18
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Tr Tells Congress Why He Doesn’t Need Its Authorization for the Iran War In letters to the House and Senate, the president asserted that the hostilities had “terminated,” in an apparent attempt to avoid having to seek congressional approval. 正文：President Trump sent letters to Congress on Friday making the case that a Vietnam-era law requiring him to seek congressional authorization to continue military operations in Iran did not apply because the conflict was in a...
May 20, 2026•16 min•Ep. 19
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Italy extradites Chinese cyber-espionage suspect to US 正文：A man accused of carrying out cyberattacks on behalf of the Chinese government has been extradited from Italy to the United States and faces over a decade in prison. If convicted, Xu Zewei could face up to 20 years in prison for each count of the most serious charges against him. FBI Assistant Director Brett Leatherman said the Chinese government's hiring of hackers has "gotten out of control" and provides ...
May 19, 2026•19 min•Ep. 20
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Vance Doubts the Pentagon’s Depiction of the Iran War. The vice president is worried that the U.S. is running low on weapons. 正文：In closed-door meetings, J. D. Vance has repeatedly questioned the Defense Department’s depiction of the war in Iran and whether the Pentagon has understated what appears to be the drastic depletion of U.S. missile stockpiles. 知识点：closed-door /ˌkləʊzd ˈdɔː(r)/复合形容词，由 closed（关闭的）+ door（门）加连字符构成，是英语中典型的定语性复合形容词 本义为 “关着门的、非公开的”，核心搭配为 closed...
May 18, 2026•18 min•Ep. 21
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：A 60-Day Deadline Could Pressure Trump on Ending the Iran War 正文：Over nearly eight weeks of war in Iran, Republicans in Congress have repeatedly blocked Democratic efforts to halt the conflict and force President Trump to consult with lawmakers on the military campaign. The president initiated the conflict without congressional authorization, but some Republicans have indicated that a key statutory deadline in the coming weeks could prompt action, requiring the pr...
May 17, 2026•18 min•Ep. 22
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Millions will go hungry if the Strait of Hormuz stays closed Expensive fuel and fertiliser will lead to smaller harvests and higher prices 正文：One blockade was bad enough. Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz has pushed up prices for oil, natural gas and fertiliser, among other commodities. On April 13th America initiated a blockade of its own, halting the few vessels Iran had been letting past, which will presumably compound the problem. 知识点： blockade/blɒˈkeɪd/名...
May 16, 2026•17 min•Ep. 23
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Might Donald Trump try to rig the midterms? 正文："Basically we just sort of rack our brains," says Joe Morelle, the top-ranking Democrat on the House Committee on House Administration. "What would happen if this happened? Usually the answer is, well, that' s never happened before—but this is what we would do." His committee is in charge of adjudicating disputed elections in the House of Representatives. He has spent months doing tabletop exercises, dreaming up worst...
May 15, 2026•17 min•Ep. 24
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Inside the chaotic correspondent s’ dinner shooting: ‘Get down, get down!’ 正文： Plates clanged, glasses clinked, and at the front of the room sat POTUS,making his long-awaited return to the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday. It was just after 8:30 p.m., in the basement of the Washington Hilton. The president was on stage, locked in conversation with CBS reporter Weijia Jiang; spread out in front of them were thousands of attendees,seated at...
May 14, 2026•17 min•Ep. 25
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Europe Mulls What Mutual Defense Looks Like Outside NATO European Union nations have a little-known obligation to protect one another. Experts caution it is no replacement for NATO. 正文：Europeans have increasing doubts that President Trump remains committed to the NATO alliance and the mutual defense it ensures. And so they are talking more seriously about their own little-known guarantee for collective defense, an article buried in the European Union’s governing d...
May 13, 2026•20 min•Ep. 26
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Why China's exports will keep on rising Our new analysis shows how the country shrugged off the effects of Donald Trump's tariffs 正文：DING LEI, a purchasing manager at a chip-trading company in Shenzhen, is having a good year. Among other kinds of semiconductors, his company is selling IGBTs, a type of transistor used to regulate electrical power. Customers include motorbike-makers in Spain, manufacturers in Romania and clients across South-East Asia. His optimism ...
May 12, 2026•18 min•Ep. 27
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：J.D. Vance’s theory of Trumpism is no match for the practice This White House is a graveyard for grand strategies 正文：Vice-President J.D. Vance loves big ideas, or at least the idea of big ideas. Unlike President Donald Trump, he reads books and even writes his own, and he talks, authentically, like a diploma-carrying member of the elite they both ostentatiously disdain. He aligns himself with the“post-liberal right”, a term so highfalutin one struggles to imagine ...
May 11, 2026•18 min•Ep. 28
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Could AI's leading men become as powerful as Ford or Rockefeller? 正文：DARIO, DEMIS, Elon, Mark and Sam. The five most important people in artificial intelligence are so famous that first names alone are enough to identify them. Politicians and journalists hang on their every word. ChatGPT, run by Sam Altman's OpenAI, has more than 900m weekly users. Dario Amodei's Anthropic has developed an AI model so good at hacking it has caused panic among policymakers. Demis H...
May 10, 2026•18 min•Ep. 29
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Tim Cook hands Apple over to its hardware guru John Ternus’s task is to transform the iPhone-maker for the AI era 正文：One of the hallmarks of Tim Cook’s 15-year tenure at the helm of Apple has been an almost metronomic reliability. This may be true even when it comes to succession. On April 20th the iPhone-maker announced that Mr Cook would hand over the CEO role to John Ternus, Apple’s head of hardware engineering (pictured). Few corporate leadership changes are m...
May 09, 2026•19 min•Ep. 30
