China's $290 Billion Dream to Make a New Shenzhen



China plans to build an economic zone near Beijing. President Xi Jinping's scheme, called the Xiongan New Zone, promises to transform a little known patch of northern China into a city of the future. Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie visited the region to find out if Xi's ambitious plan will work. (Source: Bloomberg)

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