Varied landscape of ambition

Guiyang, I'm learning in a crash immersion course, is a city of spicy food, half-wild macaques, as well as thought-provoking contradictions.

The first thing my local contact told me about Guizhou province, of which Guiyang is the capital, is that it's the "least developed province in China".

"You mean in terms of infrastructure?" I said. "It doesn't have many buildings, roads and bridges?"