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Dec 2020
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Blockchain Chicken Farm: How Tech Change...

JORDAN SCHNEIDER
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Xiaowei Wang discusses her new book. She explores Taobao villages where Snow White Halloween costumes get made, how one police station is sputtering towards digitization, parallels between Silicon Valley and Chinese tech culture, and pearl farming #distrupt.   Please consider supporting ChinaTalk at https://glow.fm/chinatalk Pick up a Smart Air Filter for ... Show More
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