Shanghai, a city of 17 million inhabitants, is awakening. At 7 in the morning, IT expert Nick Zhang fights his way through the traffic chaos. The daily journey to work is a nerve-racking experience. Nick spends an hour in his car each way – sometimes longer. New construction sites are constantly appearing. The city is changing at a headlong pace – and it's not alone. The film reports on a country in the midst of an upheaval of undreamt-of proportions – and not just in the car and textiles sectors, but in IT as well. Even today, China is the world's largest mobile phone market...
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