China’s status as a global superpower was unimaginable just half a century ago. In the 1970s, the country was overwhelmingly poor, rural and technologically behind. Today, it’s a technological powerhouse, the world’s second-largest economy and home to more large cities than any other nation. In the first of a five-part series, The World’s Jeremy Siegel travels to one city that’s become synonymous with China’s extraordinary transformation: Shenzhen.
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