Little Rice: Smartphones, Xiaomi, and the Chinese Dream

by Clay Shirky

Book Overview

Smartphones have to be made someplace, and that place is China. In just five years, a company names Xiaomi (which means little rice in Mandarin) has grown into the most valuable startup ever, becoming the third largest manufacturer of smartphones, behind only Samsung and Apple. China is now both the world's largest producer and consumer of a little device that brings the entire globe to its user's fingertips. How has this changed the Chinese people?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0990976327
• ISBN13: 9780990976325
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Columbia Global Reports
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.9" x 7.4"