THE VIDEO SHELF · shenzhen tech scene
The People's Republic of The Future
Bloomberg's Hello World episode in which Ashlee Vance visits Shenzhen, a hub of electronics manufacturing and cloning. He meets tech-fueled entrepreneurs working under an authoritarian regime.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it for a view of Shenzhen's hardware ecosystem and as a documentary pick on China's tech scene.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Bloomberg Originals
- Topic
- shenzhen tech scene
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2022
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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I had heard about Shenzhen for some years and then ran across this video and it absolutely blew me away. [VIDEO] Any other interesting companies / products from there you'd care to share? My dji mini 2 is one of my favorite gadgets I've ever …
f0e4c2f7 on Hacker News · 2021-11
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irsagent on Hacker News · 2022-09
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