FT News Briefing

A Chinese spy in Europe’s midst

Corporate bankruptcies are increasing at double-digit rates in most advanced economies, and TSMC is going to play a huge role in Taiwan’s upcoming election. Plus the FT’s Henry Foy explains how a European politician spied for China.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/3RpB4BN" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK’s biggest companies failing to close pay gap, says report</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3v4d7bT" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chipmaker TSMC casts long shadow over Taiwan election</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3NTdInl" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chinese spies recruited European politician in operation to divide west</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3TqUBo0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bankruptcies soar as high rates and end of Covid aid hit businesses hard</a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva, Gavin Kallmann, and Josh Gabert-Doyon. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/55800b41-e65b-4ce5-85ba-100727cdc6a2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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