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2011-05-12, 14:57 | Link #13645 | |
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the New Coke vs Pepsi Microsoft vs Apple Vhs vs Betamax
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2011-05-12, 16:56 | Link #13648 | |
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2011-05-12, 18:09 | Link #13649 | |
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China "unhappy" with support for detained artist
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2011-05-12, 18:35 | Link #13650 | |
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2011-05-12, 20:00 | Link #13651 | |
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Right now, Microsoft had more fierce competition than it used to be a decade before, and I'm pretty sure EU still wants to keep a check on its activities in Europe.
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2011-05-12, 20:57 | Link #13652 | |
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China lives on the same planet as the rest of us. And yes, it goes both ways (or all ways). Wouldn't it be nice to race to the top instead of race to the bottom in terms of human rights and quality of society?
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2011-05-12, 21:03 | Link #13653 | |
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A century down the road after it rules the whole world, it will become the central target of all superweapons as the middle kingdom. I don't support the "my backyard not yours" widely because humans are extremely good at imitating others, even acts of abuse. How would you like it if you see your father-in-law beat your wife in their backyard and says that it is "their own family business and none of yours"?
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2011-05-12, 22:02 | Link #13656 | |
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2011-05-12, 22:35 | Link #13658 |
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The problem with your flippant answer is that -
1) if its your wife, you've just gone to war with China 2) if it were his wife... its YOUR WIFE's mother. Good luck with ignoring that...
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2011-05-12, 23:50 | Link #13659 | |
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But to completely bar a party with interests (neighbour - whose interest in peace in the area where she lives, the husband - whose interest is his wife, her girl friends - whose interest is the conduct of everyone on their next girls' night out) is ridiculous, it is like setting up a commission where everyone has to give and take, but the bigger party gives out what he/she wants and forces everyone else to take whether they like it or not. China is a place of large trade balance and net capital inflows, and interests are diverse and affect the lives of their citizens. It is time it takes a look at what brought US to its superpower status in the 1960s/1970s and learn from the mistakes that turned it into an almost corporation-run plutocracy it is today.
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2011-05-12, 23:54 | Link #13660 |
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Basically, its delusional in present times to think that what goes on inside "my borders" doesn't impact/affect what goes on inside "your borders (or vice versa) and that either/both isn't allowed to have something to say about it. One can thank or blame globalization for that.
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