China's tech innovation clashes with economic struggles in rural Yingtan
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The Economist
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China faces a tension between its high-tech innovation sector and its struggling broader economy. The article uses the city of Yingtan in Jiangxi province as a case study, where advanced industrial parks and national research labs coexist with traditional open-air markets and rural economic backwardness, highlighting the central question of whether technological progress or economic stagnation will define China's future.
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· 3 pulledIn Yingtan, a city in the south-eastern province of Jiangxi, China's high-tech future is spilling into its economically backward past.
Old-fashioned open-air markets and street-side eateries make it feel like any other rural town in the Chinese interior.
An industrial park to the south of the city, packed with companies working on technologies for industrial digitisation, gives off a techie vibe.
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