Inside China Tech: Talking to people in China’s Silicon Valley in the midst of the tech war

China’s Silicon Valley caught in crossfire of tech war as country’s most advanced technologies, from AI to drones and robotics, being developed in the area

Zen Sooin Hong Kong,Chua Kong Hoin Hong KongandCelia Chenin Shenzhen
China's Shenzhen city in the night. Photo: Shutterstock

The Yue Hai district of Shenzhen is home to some of China’s biggest names in technology, including social media giant Tencent, telecoms maker ZTE and drone giant DJI. It’s often called China’s Silicon Valley. Amid the US-China tech war, Chinese netizens are joking that it seems the US government has started this war with Yue Hai instead of China - and therefore it should be district officer who should attend the negotiations with US President Donald Trump.

In this week’s Inside China Tech episode, we talk to our Shenzhen-based tech reporter Celia Chen about what people in the Yue Hai district think about this tech war. Should the Chinese buy Huawei phones in support of the company as it faces a US ban? How will the tech war affect China's technology ambitions?

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