How did China progress from tech imitator to innovator? The FT’s James Kynge studies from Shenzhen, referred to as China’s Silicon Valley, the place he explores the town’s giant electronics markets with inventor Noah Zerkin, an American who’s primarily based himself in China, visits robotic start-up Youibot and hears from DJI about the way it become the sector’s greatest drone producer. Plus, Matt Sheehan, a China watcher curious about era on the Carnegie Endowment for World Diversion, and Qi Zhou, a undertaking capitalist primarily based in Shenzhen, give an explanation for why China’s tech luck tales are turning established narratives on democratic freedoms and innovation on their head.
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