brouhahas

Gates’ brouhaha was one of four brouhahas from Tuesday’s morning session that coaches didn’t find very funny as they were unfolding.

However, today’s development in Seoul is just the latest in a string of brouhahas sparked around the region by Chinese diplomats in recent months.

Yet as with many such brouhahas, it provides clues to soft spots in the culture, to the fragilities that were already there.

The billionaire, who oversees the electric carmaker Tesla and other companies, is already embroiled in public brouhahas on many other fronts, including a will-he won’t-he $44 billion deal to buy the social media service Twitter.

“I got into brouhahas with family members that didn’t understand why I was so upset about Charlottesville,” she says.