LEADER 00000cam a2200397Ii 4500 001 ocn902657080 003 OCoLC 005 20151105115130.0 008 150202s2015 nyu b 000 0 eng d 010 2015946812 020 0990976327 020 9780990976325 :|c$12.99 035 (OCoLC)902657080 040 YDXCP|beng|cYDXCP|dBTCTA|dOCLCQ|dBDX|dOCLCQ|dKFW|dOCLCO |dNYP|dGK8|dBAL|dCLE|dBKL|dUtOrBLW 043 a-cc--- 049 BKLA 082 04 330.951|223 099 330.951|aS 100 1 Shirky, Clay. 245 10 Little rice :|bsmartphones, Xiaomi, and the Chinese dream /|cClay Shirky. 264 1 New York :|bColumbia Global Reports,|c2015. 300 134 pages ;|c19 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 504 Includes bibliographical references. 520 Smartphones have to be made someplace, and that place is China. In just five years, a company named Xiaomi (which means "little rice" in Mandarin) has grown into the most valuable startup ever, becoming the third largest vendor 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. Clay Shirky delivers a compact update on China's evolving economic and political conditions. 650 0 Economic forecasting|zChina. 650 0 Internet|xSocial aspects. 650 0 Business enterprises|zChina. 650 0 Smartphones. 651 0 China|xForeign economic relations|zUnited States. 947 sma 948 MARS 994 C0|bBKL