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Blockchain Chicken Farm

And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside

Xiaowei Wang

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Blockchain Chicken Farm
Urban-Rural Interdependence
Historical Foundation
Economic Drivers
Modern Goal
Agricultural Tech & Food Safety
Supply Challenges
Blockchain Solutions
Education & Opportunity
The Rural-Urban Divide
Online Learning Interventions
Shanzhai Innovation Model
Redefining Knockoffs
Grassroots Manufacturing
Realities of State Surveillance
Practical Limitations
Ethical Flaws
E-commerce & Taobao Villages
Rural Taobao Strategy
Mixed Outcomes
Youth Culture & Disillusionment
The Shehui Ren Identity
Digital Hustle

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What role did the rural landscape play in China's economic boom of the 1980s and 1990s?

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Blockchain Chicken Farm (2020) is an examination of the way technology is entangled with everyday life. This sweeping survey of life in rural China unpacks the social, political, and economic changes we can expect in the twenty-first century.

Who Should Listen to Blockchain Chicken Farm?

  • Luddites skeptical about the impact of new technologies
  • Techno-utopians eager for more critical insights
  • Anyone interested in forecasting the future

About the Author: Xiaowei Wang

Xiaowei Wang is a filmmaker, artist, and writer specializing in the intersection of technology and society. They are the creative director of Logic magazine and their work has appeared in the New York Times, and on the BBC, CNN, and VICE.

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