Silicon Valley’s Culture, Not Its Companies, Dominates in China – @nytimes https://t.co/hiFsGkBbid

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Paul Mozur har skrivit en mycket insiktsfull artikel om det inflytande som Silicon Valleys Startup och IT-teknologi har i Kina, dess koncept och öppna kod-kultur, samtidigt som de kinesiska myndigheterna har hållit Silicon Valleys IT-företag borta från Kina.

Jag pratar själv ofta ed kinesiska IT-ingenjörer och kan intyga att dom använder precis samma mjukvara och agila startupkultur som man gör i Silicon Valley. Ett bevis på att mjuk makt inte alltid betyder att man omfamnar amerikanska företag.

Paul Mozur skriver i New York Times:

Silicon Valley’s Culture, Not Its Companies, Dominates in China

China in recent years has given rise to a vibrant and innovative tech industry that in some ways surpasses what Americans can do online. But it has done so despite a culture dictated by Confucian conformity and, more recently, the strict rules of the Chinese Communist Party.

Neither prizes rebellion or disruption, so China’s young entrepreneurs and investors have looked for guidance and inspiration in a place that does: Silicon Valley.

China’s tech world has copied the valley’s innovator-meet-investor network of incubators, accelerators and venture capitalists. Start-up employees and leaders actively seek to question authority and think outside the box — two attributes widely discouraged in corporate China.

Silicon Valley’s soft power in China is unlikely to help Facebook or Google get back into China. But it demonstrates the sort of influence China seeks for itself. Despite its innovations, China’s online renaissance has taken place largely within its own borders…

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