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“He was hoping his arrest would stir protest, would wake the country from its slumber”—Georgia’s crisis
Also on the daily podcast: why China’s state-sponsored hacking will get worse and why it’s “green-lighted”, not “green-lit”
MIKHEIL SAAKASHVILI, a former president, is seven weeks into a hunger strike and protests supporting him are proliferating. We ask where the country is headed. China’s state-sponsored industrial espionage is growing more overt and more organised—and little can be done to stop it. And how to figure out the past tense of verbs like “green-light” and “gaslight”. Runtime: 22 min
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