BTN Transcript: Episode 2 - 9/2/2021
Hey, Amelia Moseley here bringing you another episode of BTN. Let s check out what s coming up. We find out how a Video Game shop put the stock market in a spin, learn how a pesky fly is interfering with lunchboxes in South Australia and celebrate Lunar New Year.
Google Fights News Law
Reporter: Amelia Moseley
INTRO: But first today, can you imagine searching the internet without Google? Well, that could become a reality for millions of Aussies. You see, the tech giant is threatening to stop letting us all use its service, if the Australian government brings in a new law to make it pay to show people news. Take a look.
Will Lunar New Year Once Again Spread Covid-19 Far and Wide? Chinese authorities expect 60% less travel over the Lunar New Year this year compared with pre-Covid times. Stocks quotes in this article: GME
The Lunar New Year is exactly two weeks away. So the annual travel season in China, essentially the largest annual human migration, is under way. Will it once again spread the coronavirus far and wide?
Many of China s 300 million migrant workers toil in rich coastal provinces. They head back to the poorer hinterland at Lunar New Year, often the only time in the year that they see their spouse or kids. Well-to-do Chinese increasingly take a holiday. Basically, all 1.4 billion citizens get a week off at the same time.