April 3, 2023: A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the China-US contest is entering a new and more dangerous phase, how the tech giants are going all in on artificial intelligence (10:26) and why rice is fuelling climate change and diabetes (25:03).

Why the China-US contest is entering a new and more dangerous phase

Chinese officials rage at what they see as American bullying

Big tech and the pursuit of AI dominance

The tech giants are going all in on artificial intelligence. Each is doing it its own way

The global rice crisis

Rice feeds more than half the world—but also fuels diabetes and climate change