Little Rice: Smartphones, Xiaomi, and the Chinese Dream David J. Agans Theodor Herzl was born in

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Little Rice: Smartphones, Xiaomi, and the Chinese Dream David J. Agans Theodor Herzl was born inCan the world's 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 "little rice" 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 world's largest producer and consumer of a little device that