Chinese village that is at the central of the US-China AI war

China has a new and emerging rival to America’s Silicon Valley — and it is Liangzhu, a quiet suburb on the outskirts of Hangzhou. The city is one of China’s fastest-growing centers of artificial intelligence development. Describing a scene on a Saturday afternoon in the city, a report in New York Times said, “…dozens of people sat in the grass around a backyard stage where aspiring founders of tech startups talked about their ideas.” A former Facebook and Alibaba employee who hosted the event, Felix Tao told NYT, “People come here to explore their own possibilities.”