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January 04, 2013

China's Chengdu aiming to be world's next Silicon Valley
Chengdu, China (AFP) Jan 02, 2013
Entrepreneurs in China's southwest are dreaming of turning the city of Chengdu into the world's next Silicon Valley as the government encourages more investment outside the booming coastal regions. Small startups as well as big-name western companies have flocked to the metropolis of 14 million people, attracted by cheap labour costs and favourable government investment policies and hoping to tap into China's rapidly expanding consumer market. And the Silicon Valley dream is becoming reality as ... read more

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