China’s ‘Silicon Valley’ is building robots and fortune-telling AI apps at the same time

Hangzhou’s AI ecosystem now spans everything from cutting-edge robotics to experimental apps built by solo founders.
The New York Times

Silicon Valley Has China Envy, and That Reveals a Lot About America

The fascination with China’s ability to build things America struggles with, from bridges to advanced tech, risks a dangerous miscalculation about what drives China. By Li Yuan Li Yuan has been ...
AOL

Some Silicon Valley AI startups are asking employees to adopt China’s outlawed ‘996’ work model

Some Silicon Valley startups are embracing China’s outlawed “996” work culture, expecting employees to work 12-hour days, six days a week, in pursuit of hyper-productivity and global AI dominance. The ...
Digi Times

From scenic city to China's AI Silicon Valley: the driving forces behind Hangzhou's transformation

At the annual China International Supply Chain Expo in July 2025, Alibaba Cloud founder and Zhejiang Lab director Dr. Jian Wang personally invited Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to visit Hangzhou. Asking if ...
Wall Street Journal

China Has a Different Vision for AI. It Might Be Smarter.

Inside China’s ‘dark factories,’ robots help to build electric cars around the clock, transforming Chinese EV industry into an existential threat to American and global automakers. Photo: WSJ The U.S.