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availability. Hello and welcome to a special end ofof-year edition of Spectator Out Loud. Each week we choose

some of our favourite pieces from the magazine and ask their writers to read them aloud. I'm Patrick Givens

and here are some of our favourite articles from this year. Cindy Yu looked at Chinese work ethic and

wondered if the Tiger Mother is a soon-to-be extinct phenomenon.

Michael Simmons declared his love of the Dona Kabab. Angus Colwell reported from Israel in July,

looking ahead to the war between Israel and Hezbollah. Igor Toreini Lalik reviewed a celebration of the

life in cinema of Marguerite Durass.

Mary Wakefield analysed the disturbing truth behind the Giselle Pelico case.

Fraser Nelson signed off as editor, The Spectator, after 15 years.

And finally, taking up the Mantler's editor, Michael Gove revealed his plans for the magazine.

Up first, Cindy Yu.

What's it to do with me if your boyfriend wants to break up with you?

Or if you cried, or had a fight.

These are not things that I as a supervisor care about.

I'm not your mother.

All I care about is results.

Our relationship is just employee-employer.

In a series of videos posted on

Dōying, China's version of TikTok, Chinese tech executive, Chu Jing, was a little too

candid about her management style. Sharply dressed and with hair cut formidably short,

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