Wen Jian, who raises pigs in Luchuan county, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, at one time last year could count more than 10,000 of the animals among his livestock assets.
What if Amazon, Facebook, Google and Twitter all had headquarters in every major city in the US? Would we then have a nationwide tech feudal class increasingly isolated from the rest of the citizenry?
What touched him the most, Wang says, is Leo Tolstoy's masterpieces Anna Karenina and Resurrection.
What happened? Listen to the show below or via this MP3 file. The conversation begins in the second segment, at the 9:30 mark, after our weekly news roundup, in which we share our perspective on Microsoft’s unprecedented job cuts.
What’s the status of your Microsoft partnership, and how does the Nook and Samsung partnership affect Barnes & Noble’s relationship with Microsoft?
Well, at least I know I won't starve even if I don't cook.
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What comes next: As lawmakers, the House subcommittee has a limited number of levers it can pull to improve competition in the tech sector. The investigation and hearing could inform new legislation, if Congress chooses to rewrite century-old antitrust law. But the power to enforce existing laws lies with the DOJ and FTC.
What do you think: should Amazon make a move to physical retail? Let us know in the comments.
West Market Museum curator Wang Bin said the West Market was there at the birth of the city's prosperity. A millennium later, a new silk road is emerging, and with it new opportunities.
Weapons used by the Chinese troops include self-propelled howitzers and attack helicopters.