Thursday 31 August

Washington’s first-ever military aid package to Taiwan, Russia launches Islamic banking for the first time and Henry Rees-Sheridan’s Letter from New York. Plus: Tom Edwards hosts a special extension of the programme from Schumann’s Bar to celebrate the official start of Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference in Munich.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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