Limits And Growth In China's Knowledge Economy (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Clay Shirky is one of the smartest guys out there on information technology and society and how they come together to change the world. For the last year he’s been in China, following the story of a very particular Chinese company called Xiaomi. It makes really good, low-cost smartphones – Chinese designed – that are now challenging Apple iPhones all over the world. They are also challenging – whether they mean to or not – the Chinese Communist Party. Info tech challenges central control. Or does it? This hour On Point, Clay Shirky on the Chinese knowledge economy. - Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
https://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/10/28/limits-and-growth-in-chinas-knowledge-economy