Ni Tao

Ni Tao

Ni Tao is the founder and editor of yangtzeer.com, a website tracking tech and business innovations shaping the Yangtze River Delta.
Ni Tao is the founder and editor of yangtzeer.com, a website tracking tech and business innovations shaping the Yangtze River Delta.

Opinion | Hangzhou is doubling down on tech – minus the viral hype

Beyond kickboxing robots and DeepSeek, the city is making a strategic pivot and betting on tech champions that build the infrastructure powering China’s next AI cycle.

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It’s not one factor but a ‘rainforest’ of policy, capital, talent, universities and research institutions operating within clear boundaries.

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As the population shrinks, China is looking to compensate for a dwindling youth dividend with robotics. Already the world’s largest market for industrial robots, it is now a manufacturer to be reckoned with too.

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Despite the temptation to see the edtech squeeze as a harbinger of stronger regulatory headwinds, it is in fact more of an epiphany. The merits of entrepreneurship and equity financing will increasingly be judged by how they benefit or undermine China’s development.

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The strategist behind China’s ‘peaceful rise’ is back with a new theory: Beijing can seize a ‘great strategic opportunity’ to lead the next phase of globalisation as Donald Trump continues with his trade war.

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