PHOTO: An investor leaves a brokerage firm in Shanghai, China, July 2015 (On Man Kevin Lee/Getty)


This week’s Political WorldView podcast moves from China to Lebanon, via Australia, Kanye West, and Hillary Clinton.

University of Birmingham regulars Adam Quinn, Christalla Yakinthou, and Scott Lucas begin with the fall in the Chinese stock market. We ask whether the start of a global economic crisis, predicted by some media, is real or just a bit of over-excitement filling the summer’s news.

Later we move to Beirut to review the “You Stink” protests, explaining why they arose and what they mean not only for the future of Lebanon but also for the Middle East.

In between, our “Numbers of the Week” take the listener on a journey from shifting politics in Australia to Hillary Clinton’s problematic e-mails to Kanye West’s stunning announcement that he will run for US President in 2020.