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Introducing: Big Take Asia

Odd Lots

May 21, 2024

We’re taking The Big Take to Asia. Each week, Bloomberg’s Oanh Ha tells a story from the home of the world's most dynamic economies - and the markets, tycoons and businesses that drive the ever-shifting region.

Speakers Oanh Ha

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Oanh Ha (0:01)

Trying to understand Asia is like piecing together a giant jigsaw puzzle. 40 countries and more than 2,000 languages.

Asia is home to some of the fastest growing economies, and it can be incredibly hard to cover this part of the world. This gathering of people is in violation of the law.

SPEAKER_3 (0:32)

Security coming upon us almost immediately.

SPEAKER_2 (0:35)

India is one of the most dangerous countries in the world in terms of freedom of the press.

Oanh Ha (0:40)

So we're starting The Big Take Asia, a weekly news podcast from Bloomberg. In Japan, they want inflation, they want prices to go up.

SPEAKER_4 (0:48)

Kim Jong Un took Russia's defense minister and showed him all of his latest weaponry.

Oanh Ha (0:53)

I'm Oanh Ha. I've been covering Asia news for more than a decade at Bloomberg. We'll take you inside some of the world's biggest and most powerful economies and the markets, tycoons and businesses that drive this ever shifting region.

We'll try to answer the tough questions and show how what happens here in Asia impacts the world.

SPEAKER_3 (1:15)

The question is, has Microsoft gone too far? If the economy is doing well, why does 800 million people need free food?

Oanh Ha (1:22)

Listen to Big Take Asia every Wednesday, wherever you get your podcasts.

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