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E-commerce has been very good for Thailand’s durian sales. (Photo by Takaki Kashiwabara)

HIROSHI KOTANI and MINORU SATAKE, Nikkei staff writers, and KEN KOYANAGI, editor-at-large, Nikkei Asian Review

SHENZHEN/CHANTHABURI, Thailand/MUMBAI/TOKYO -- Laurent Le Pen, 36, was assigned to Shenzhen as an engineer by a French telecommunications company in 2007. He initially regarded the city in Guangdong Province as merely another emerging metropolis in Asia, but he soon found himself captivated by its energy and speed.

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