Young Guo, IDG Technology Venture Investment He started by defending the Chinese practice of building “science parks.” He said that developers are simply looking for a theme. They call them “science parks” to get funded/approved but then sell typical business or residential units. People are driven by money and power…just like in the States. “Understanding […]

Saxenian wanted to illustrate how some of the contradictions of the Internet play themselves out in China. She said that “things are moving very fast on the production side and the political side” and that she’s interested in the role that overseas Chinese will play in the growing knowledge economy. One example is that every […]

The afternoon session, “Internet Development in China,” began with remarks from Dean Orville Schell from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. “Some of us know a lot about China,” he started, “some of us know a lot about the Internet. We’re trying to converge these tracks.” He spoke about the contradiction in China, how the […]