China’s growth machines
The heavy state involvement correctly perceived by observers belongs not to Beijing but to those local governments, of which China has thousands, and which compete with one another for investment and prestige. These local growth machines and the competition between them are what drives China’s stunning economic success, and what the Western world must embrace to keep up.
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The State of Reading Around the World: Every country that sat the PISA reading assessment, shaded by its most recent result. Zoom into the United States for state NAEP results, and into Wisconsin for district screening results.
