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THE BROAD VIEW
Chinese cities rush into risky specialisation
Local governments are responding to Beijing's call to spur the development of the hinterland by embracing a vast array of industries.
Workers outside the construction site of an online gaming stadium in Zhongxian. Residents are hopeful the gaming complex would boost incomes and generate jobs.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Zhongxian
THE first plan was for an "eco-city" that would help pull Zhongxian, a remote city on the hilly banks of the Yangtze River in south-west China, out of poverty. But after a dispute with the local government over land rights, the developers pulled...
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