Lacking the easy access to global markets that coastal cities enjoy, Guiyang's economy transformed from one centred around machine manufacturing and mining to services, with an emphasis on computing and big data.
Pasties would have been eaten by lots of people who went to work but it just worked perfectly down mines, and Cornwall became the world capital of mining.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10, some creative students from the Colorado School of Mines, a research university focused on science and engineering.