‘I just saw the future’. And it's not America


Beijing’s message to America: We’re not afraid of you. You aren’t who you think you are — and we aren’t who you think we are. — BEN HICKEY/The New York Times

I HAD a choice the other day in Shanghai: Which Tomorrowland to visit?

Should I check out the fake, American-designed Tomorrow-land at Shanghai Disneyland, or should I visit the real Tomorrow-land – the massive new research centre, roughly the size of 225 football fields, built by Chinese technology giant Huawei?

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