Can Xi Jinping revive China’s dream of turning its poor west into an economic powerhouse?

This is the second story in a three-part series examining the Chinese government’s new Go West plan to develop the central and western regions of the country in response to growing challenges in the international environment. You can read the first story in the series here.In 2001, the poverty-stricken city of Dingxi in northwestern China gained approval from Beijing to build a nationally significant agricultural tech park that would see some 10,000 mu (667 hectares) set aside to grow crops in…

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