Smartphones are mainly produced in China. Within five years, Xiaomi, a company whose name means 'small rice' in Mandarin, grew into the most valuable startup ever. It is now the third largest smartphone manufacturer, after Samsung and Apple. China is both the largest producer and consumer of these globally used devices.
What does this development mean for the Chinese population? And how did Xiaomi conquer the world's largest market? The rise of Xiaomi may contribute to the realization of the Chinese Dream, in which personal success is linked to national greatness.
Clay Shirky, a leading thinker on the effects of the internet on society, spent a year in Shanghai. He documented China's ambition to become a technological leader and what this means for the future of globalization.
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