Brian Gongol Show on WHO Radio - October 26, 2014
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This week
Why you should hate Buzzfeed
(Rough language)
And while we're distracted elsewhere...
...China is starting up a development bank for projects in Asia. China's foreign ministry says "China is doing this to promote solidarity". The United States has reason to be apprehensive about this kind of influence-peddling.
Have we overestimated China's ability to strategize?
Like a lot of things that are "foreign", Americans have widely ascribed certain virtues to Chinese culture -- like the propensity to strategize over the long term. At least one Japanese editorial voice thinks that's more hype than reality.
No more Nokia smartphones
Microsoft is killing the name and replacing it with its own
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