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Little Rice: Smartphones, Xiaomi, and the Chinese Dream Copyright © 2015 by Clay Shirky All rights reserved Published by Columbia Global Reports 91 Claremont Avenue, Suite 515, New York, NY 10027 http://globalreports.columbia.edu/ facebook.com/columbiaglobalreports @columbiaGR Library of Congress Control Number: 2015946812 ISBN: 978-0-9909763-3-2 Book design by Strick&Williams Map design by Jeffrey L. Ward Author photograph credit: Barbara Alper CONTENTS Chapter One: Smartphones Chapter Two: Internet Chapter Three: Xiaomi Chapter Four: Number One Producer, Number One Consumer Chapter Five: The Chinese Apple Chapter Six: Maker Movement Chapter Seven: The Chinese Dream Chapter Eight: Copy the Copycat Further Readings Endnotes Smartphones A couple of years ago, while I was doing some work at NYU’s Shanghai campus, I got lost on the subway. As a New Yorker, it takes a lot to make me feel like a country mouse, but at triple the population of my hometown, Shanghai does it. Even though the Shanghai subway system is amazingly well-provisioned with directions in English, I got out at the wrong stop. I didn’t figure this out right away,......