Testing time for testing ground


Bold competition: Chinese workers assembling a cheaper local alternative to the Apple Watch in a factory producing thousands every day in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. — AFP

Guangdong has to reinvent itself if it wants to stay ahead of the competition, warn investors.

GUANGDONG, which has earned a reputation for being the “world’s factory”, has long been the richest province in China.

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