Nice discussion (Talk of the Nation; sorry no podcast) with John Seely Brown (former director of Xerox PARC) on innovation and technology in China. Brown has obviously spent some time with startups over there, particular in the cellphone sector, where he claims they are ahead of the US and Europe.
This is the kind of media I can still consume while grappling with two babies ;-)
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