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Can the worldâs biggest economy actually innovate? Clay Shirky explores China at a crossroads. Smartphones have to be made someplace, and that place is China. In just five years, a company named Xiaomi (which means âlittle riceâ in Mandarin) has grown into the most valuable startup ever, becoming the third largest vendor of smartphones, behind only Samsung and Apple. China is now both the worldâs largest producer and consumer of a little device that brings the entire globe to its userâs fingertips. How has this changed the Chinese people? How did Xiaomi conquer the worldâs biggest market? Can the rise of Xiaomi help realize the Chinese Dream, Chinaâs bid to link personal success with national greatness? Clay Shirky, one of the most influential and original thinkers on the internetâs effects on society, spends a year in Shanghai chronicling Chinaâs attempt to become a tech originatorâand what it means for the future course of globalization. |
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