China’s villages pay the price for Beijing’s AI ambitions

Residents in remote region of Shaoguan hope country’s AI infrastructure push will deliver boom that has long eluded them

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2026-10-20 00:15 · Financial Times AI
China’s villages pay the price for Beijing’s AI ambitions

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