Is going to be a long night. Much more for you anytime, of course, on the bbc website. Now on bbc news, the bbc website. Now on bbc news, the latest Business News live from singapore. Chinas first Commercial Aircraft is ready for takeoff, but can it compete with airbus and boeing . And the challenges of Doing Business in myanmar. We speak to a regional boss. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Welcome to another edition of Asia Business report. Glad you could join us. Its a friday. The first Made In China Passengerjet will fly for the first time this morning. It is called the c919, and it is built by komak. It will not be delivered to airlines until at least 2020, but the Industry Buzz around the aeroplane is huge. It has been in the works for nearly a decade as china tries to rely less on European Airlines like boeing. We had a sneak preview. Made in china, those three words now applied to Commercial Aircraft. This is the c919, chinas first home made Commercial Aircraft. Actually, it is
An africanamerican was elected to the presidency, good enough. The fact that fact that they are not slaves was resolved by violence. So for better or worse our world is produced by war violence and not by peaceful forms of political activity. We dont like it, but it is true. Some people out there listening are saying we have grown up more sophisticated than we were 100 years ago. Personal wish it it was true, but unfortunately not everyone is. One case that i can find historically of a nation, of a group that was totally crew is the case of the moriarty of the Chatham Islands and they were true pacifists and would not fight for any reason. Unfortunately the neighboring tribe on another island. They were not fight causally invaded and killed and eight pacifism is rare and not always the best thing. Isnt that ironic mac the aspects of Human Progress many were outlets of war. Generally speaking basic science arises at places like hopkins, in the minds of scientists and engineers but trans
Youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. BookTv Television for serious readers. From my father i inherited my confidence my resilience, my passion, and my audacity, looking back although it was never explained to me in this way, he taught me the spirit of which is greek idea of honor and doing the right thing, even when ones own interests or even ones own life is in peril. Growing up while i never fought anything but australian there were two stories about the Second World War and greece that i always kept close to my heart. The first was in 1940 when Benito Mussolini italys Prime Minister asked the greek Prime Minister for free passage through greece and on the spot at 3 00 in the morning without hesitation, without consultation he said oy he said no. It was spirited defiance and quite incredible when considering just how vastly outnumbered the greeks were by the italians. It prompted sir winston churchhill, the greatest figure of the 20th c
Youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Booktv, television for serious readers. Rebecca frankel is the author of war dogs. Ms. Frankel, whats on the cover of your book . So this is a handler and his dog, and theyre doing a Training Exercise for a mission that they might have to do in afghanistan or iraq which does include a drop from a helicopter. What sparked you to write about war dogs . My job in foreign policy, weve been writing about the iraq war for as long as its been going on and i really love dogs. So as i was looking at photos coming in off the wire, i saw this one photo that sort of stood out as different in afghanistan, and it was because there were these marines and their bombsniffing dogs, and they were just hanging out, and everyone looked very happy. Theres a very strong contrast to the unfortunate photos that are more gritty and more gory. So tom suggested that we partner in [inaudible] and i did that for about four years an