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Shenzhen: A New Breed of Intellectual Property (Part 3) | Future Cities | WIRED
Part 3 of WIRED's Future Cities series on Shenzhen. It examines how attitudes toward patents and intellectual property differ from the West, and how shanzhai (copycat) manufacturing created an ecosystem of rapid iteration and distribution.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters point to it as a snapshot of Shenzhen's hardware and IP culture, including counterfeit electronics and fast iteration.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Uncanny Valley by WIRED
- Topic
- shenzhen manufacturing culture
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Speaking of new cities; A shoutout to a new video series from WIRED on Shenzhen. Episode 1 : [LINK] Episode 2 : [LINK] Episode 3 : [VIDEO] I came upon these videos through Andrew "Bunnie" Huang's blog. [LINK] Enjoy.
gjkood on Hacker News · 2016-06
In New Cities> No, there are iPhone assembled from parts, I won't call it pirated. And people who buy those phones because they cannot afford it. It is very different from what you are doing. And the worst part of your story is that you attribute what …
neonological on Hacker News · 2021-03
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