How China built its own Silicon Valley

26/08/2025 24 min
How China built its own Silicon Valley

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Hangzhou is a city once famed for its poets, tea, and silk, but it’s now capturing attention for something entirely different: AI labs, robotics startups, and IPO-hungry tech firms. The rapid rise of innovative and globally competitive tech startups has led to Hangzhou being dubbed “China’s Silicon Valley.” But not everyone agrees that the comparison is so black and white.Chapters (00:00) Introduction - Hangzhou(02:15) Historical role of Hangzhou(03:28) A bit on Alibaba(09:45) How Hangzhou created its own growth model(14:45) How Hangzhou and Silicon Valley differBuy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sinobabblepodLatest Substack post: https://sinobabble.substack.com/p/chinas-rise-was-planned?r=bgkuvLinks to everything: https://linktree.com/sinobabble#Hangzhou #chinatech #deepseek #siliconvalley Support the showSign up for Buzzsprout to launch your podcasting journey: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=162442Subscribe to the Sinobabble Newsletter: https://sinobabble.substack.com/Support Sinobabble on Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Sinobabblepod

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