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World Service,24 Mar 2015,55 mins

Chinese Buyers Snap-up Pirelli

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As the Italian company Pirelli is snapped-up by Chinese buyers, we ask if anything will change at the fifth largest tyre producer in the world? Also, we look at the small businesses and state government in Missouri using crowd-funding to rebuild companies damaged in November's race riots. And, challenging the online propaganda of Islamic State - we hear about a collaboration between religious leaders and the tech sector in California. The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder reports from the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh on the country's embattled Christians. And we welcome our guests - with us for the duration of the programme - is Alex Frangos, Asia editor of Heard on the Street at The Wall Street Journal, and Shikha Dalmia, senior policy analyst at the Reason Foundation, America's leading libertarian think tank.

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