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Seeing China's economic evolution in one family’s story.

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Journalist Scott Tong explores his own family's history in “A Village With My Name.”

When journalist Scott Tong began reporting on China's explosive economy, he was advised to look past the new skyscrapers of Shanghai and take the long view. In “A Village With My Name,” he explores his own family's history, finding stories that reflect some of the most important moments of modern China. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.

03/22/2018

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