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Silicon Valley’s China Paradox - MacroPolo

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Li Zhifei has spent his professional career cross-pollinating the world’s two most vibrant innovation ecosystems. Born in central China at the dawn of reform and opening, Li graduated college in China and dove headfirst into the country’s dot com boom of the early 2000s. When that bubble burst, he headed to Johns Hopkins University for…

Li Zhifei has spent his professional career cross-pollinating the world’s two most vibrant innovation ecosystems. Born in central China at the dawn of reform and opening, Li graduated college in China and dove headfirst into the country’s dot com boom of the early 2000s. When that bubble burst, he headed to Johns Hopkins University for a PhD in computer science, and then to Google, where he applied machine learning algorithms to translation and soaked up Google’s revered company culture. But after two years learning and enjoying the perks of the Mountain View campus, Li returned to China…

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