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A parable of China’s industrial supremacy
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Our weekly podcast on China. This week, why the Communist Party is betting big on an island backwater

Will reforms on a big southern island kick-start changes elsewhere?

Its state-led model has generated impressive results. But the costs are mounting

With a more focused approach, it could break China’s chokehold

China’s rivals are learning how to get what China won’t share

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist