Dear subscribers,Ɛnnɛ, mepɛ sɛ mekyɛ 15 observations from my first trip to China in 10 years.I just come back from adapɛn 2 akwantuo kɔɔ Shanghai ne Hangzhou na na ɛyɛ aniwa-bue sɛ mɛhunu sɛdeɛ wiase 2nd kɛseɛ sikasɛm yɛ adwuma nnɛ.You can’t understand the AI race without understanding China and I think every product builder should visit at least once. Mewɔ anidaso sɛ saa post yi bɛma woanya sɛnea ɛte sɛ wobɛtra hɔ na woayɛ adwuma wɔ hɔ no ho anigye.I’m proud to partner with...Wispr FlowWispr Flow ayɛ komm abɛyɛ AI nnwinnade a mede di dwuma kɛse no mu biako. Ɛma wo dictate kɔ app biara a ɛwɔ wo kɔmputa anaa fon so na ɛdan wo nne ma ɛyɛ clean, formatted text automatically.I sie anyɛ yiye koraa no nnɔnhwerew 3 dapɛn biara fi sɛ mede bedi dwuma de akyerɛw nsɛmma nhoma mu nsɛm, akyerɛw specs, na mmuae wɔ Slack. Ɛyɛ ntɛm ara sɛ wobɛkyerɛw akɔ AI so sen sɛ wobɛkyerɛw, na worensan nkɔ akyi da bere a woasɔ ahwɛ pɛnkoro no. Use code PETERWISPRFLOW to get 6 months free.Try Wispr Flow for FreeChinese AI adwuma amammerɛ nyɛ ma wɔn a wɔn koma ayɛ mmerɛwMet Chinafo binom a wɔhyehyɛɛ (wɔyɛ mmerante!)996 yɛ nokware, nanso tech adwumayɛfo pii yi wɔn ho adi na wɔyɛ adwuma akyiri yi mpo. Adwumayɛfo a wɔwɔ Chinafo AI startups pii mu no roll in bɛyɛ 11 AM na wɔyɛ adwuma kosi 11 PM a awia, anwummere aduan, ne boba breaks wɔ ntam. Top AI labs tu mmirika wɔ mmerante, talente biako so. Adwumayɛfo a wɔwɔ AI nnwumakuw akɛse a ɛwɔ China no mu dodow no ara yɛ nnipa a wɔadi mfe 20 ne 30 mfiase. Wɔnnom, wɔnnom sigaret, anaa wɔn apontow pii — pii yɛ adwuma kɛkɛ na wɔkra aduan ne boba delivery kɔ office. Wɔ akwan pii so no, eyi te sɛ AI adwumayɛ amammerɛ kɛse wɔ Bay Area.Beijing, Hangzhou, ne Shenzhen ne AI tech hubs. Beijing wɔ Z.ai’s GLM, Moonshot’s Kimi, ne ByteDance’s Doubao. Hangzhou wɔ Alibaba’s Qwen ne DeepSeek bere a Shanghai wɔ MiniMax. Shenzhen yɛ wiase nyinaa beae titiriw ma robɔt ne honam fam AI a 57,000 + robɔt nnwumakuw.Many Chinafo tech adwumayɛfo de wɔn ho to Claude ne Codex via VPN. Ɛmfa ho sɛ Anthropic ne OpenAI siw kwan a wɔfa so kɔ China no, adwumayɛfo a wɔwɔ China AI adwumayɛbea ahorow de VPN ne credit card soronko di dwuma de nya U.S. mfonini ahorow a eye sen biara no. Ogya Fasu Kɛse no a wɔbɛfa so no yɛ ade a China awo ntoatoaso nkumaa no yɛ daa.Aban no rehwie ɔpepepem pii agu AI ne nnwumakuw a obiako na wɔyɛ adwuma (OPCs) mu. Mmabun adwuma a wonnya nyɛ (mfe 16-24) te 16%+, enti aban no rehyɛ nkurɔfo nkuran kɛse sɛ wɔnhyɛ nnwumakuw a obiara yɛ adwuma ase. Nkuropɔn si akan ma AI founders a wɔyɛ papa denam mmoa te sɛ Hangzhou’s 1B yuan ($140M USD) OPC fund.Living in China te nka sɛ daakye (titiriw sɛ wowɔ US sika so a)China’s EVs are both clean and cheapRide sharing and delivery are incredibly cheap. DiDi rides yɛ $3-10 USD pɛ ma kurow no mu akwantu dodow no ara sɛ wɔde toto $30+ ma Uber wɔ San Francisco. Ɛkame ayɛ sɛ wubetumi nso anya biribiara a wɔde bɛkɔ akɔma wo de agye sika kakraa bi. Me nyaa boba de kɔmaa m’ahɔhodan dan mu gyee $2 na ɛbaa hɔ wɔ champagne bag a ɛyɛ fɛ mu. Mmusua nkumaa pii kra kɛkɛ sɛ wɔmfa nneɛma nkɔma anwummere aduan efisɛ ɛyɛ mmerɛw sen aduannoa.Live-in nannies and home chefs cost a fraction of US prices. A standard live-in nanny wɔ Shanghai tu mmirika $1,100-1,700 ɔsram biara all-in na bere fã boafo ma aduannoa ne ahotew yɛ $7-10/dɔnhwerew. Wɔ Hangzhou no, mihyiaa maame bi a ɔde ne nanny baa akwamma sɛ ɔrebɛhwɛ mmofra no ara kwa.WeChat runs payments and everything else. Ɛyɛ dwumadie nhyehyɛeɛ nyinaa wɔ China a ɛwɔ mini apps a wɔde kyɛ kar, ɔmanfoɔ kar, aduane a wɔde kɔ, ne nea ɛkeka ho. Ɛkame ayɛ sɛ wɔnam QR code so na wotua ka nyinaa — mantwe me credit card anaa sika pɛnkoro mpo wɔ adapɛn abien mu.Chinese electric vehicles have taken over the roads. EV foforɔ bɔɔ kar foforɔ a wɔtɔn nyinaa mu 54% wɔ afe 2025 mu, na Chinafoɔ ahyɛnsodeɛ BYD adi Tesla anim wɔ wiase nyinaa a wɔtɔn anyinam ahoɔden kar 2.26M. BYD Qin L no fi ase fi $16,500, a ɛyɛ Tesla Model 3 bo fã a ɛyɛ $33,500.Nneɛma a wɔde yɛ adwuma no yɛ nnɛyi de sen New York anaa Tokyo. Shanghai Metro yɛ 819 km vs. NYC’s 472 km, na China yɛ 50,000+ km keteke a ɛde mmirika kɛse, anaa wiase nyinaa nkyem abiɛsa mu abien. Shanghai Metro a wobɛtra so na afei woakenkan Bay Area BART keteke sikasɛm nhyehyɛe a wɔatew so ho asɛm no yɛ osuahu a ɛyɛ nwonwa.Asetra mu apam a ɛwɔ China no yɛ soronko koraaMfoninitwa mfiri dodow ahe na wubetumi de ahyɛ kar kwan so...Mfoninitwa mfiri wɔ baabiara. China wɔ mfiri a wɔde hwɛ nneɛma so ɔpepem 750-800 — bɛboro wiase nyinaa fã, anaasɛ mfoninitwa mfiri 1 wɔ nnipa 2 biara mu. Nantew fa kwan biara so wɔ Shanghai na wubehu nnua a 7-8 wɔ somfoninitwa mfiri a ɛwɔ wɔn so. Sɛ wote hɔ a, ɛte sɛ nea wɔrehwɛ adeyɛ biara na wɔrekyere agu hama so ankasa.Nea afi mu aba ne sɛ ɛkame ayɛ sɛ obiara mmu mmara no so. Ahoɔhare a wɔde tu mmirika anaa mmɔnten so nsɛmmɔnedi kakraa bi pɛ na ɛwɔ hɔ. China mogya mu nsa anohyeto yɛ 0.02% (vs US 0.08%), enti nkurɔfo rennom anom biako mpo sɛ wɔreka kar a. Nantew anadwo a me ne me mma no te nka sɛ ahobammɔ wom sen U.S. nkurow dodow no ara a matra mu.Adidibea a eye sen biara dodow no ara wɔ aguadidan akɛse muAbusua nhyiam ahorow di nnɔnhwerew 3 adidi wɔ aguadidan akɛse mu ho. Mmusua a wofi awo ntoatoaso pii mu hyiam wɔ aguadidan akɛse mu, kra nnuan pii dodo, wɔkyɛ baijiu toa biako, na wɔtra hɔ nnɔnhwerew pii. Adetɔnbea no yɛ dapɛn awiei asetra mu ade titiriw, ɛnyɛ beae a wɔtɔ nneɛma kɛkɛ.Nkwakoraa ne mmerewa rebɔ wɔn bra a eye sen biara bere a mmabun hyia nhyɛso no. Kɔ park biara mu na wobɛhunu wɔn a wɔakɔ pɛnhyen sɛ wɔresaw, wɔrebɔ yo-yo, na wɔreto dwom wɔ akuo mu. Saa berɛ yi, mmeranteɛ ne mmabaa pii “da fam” — wɔde wɔn awofoɔ sika na ɛtra ase a wɔnni nhyehyɛeɛ biara sɛ wɔbɛpere adwuma bi.Nnipa a wɔakɔ pɛnhyen wɔ Shanghai nim sɛdeɛ wɔtenaThe post-2022 expat community is much smaller and more committed. Afe 2022 Shanghai COVID lockdown no sɛee ahotosoɔ kɛseɛ a ɛwɔ expats mu. Sɛ wɔde asase ho amammuisɛm a emu yɛ den ne sikasɛm a ɛkɔ brɛoo ka ho a, nnipadɔm a wɔba amannɔne a wɔyɛ “mfe 3 ne akyi” a wɔnyɛ hwee no mu dodow no ara nni hɔ bio. What’s left is a smaller community of people married to locals or running businesses there.5 tips if you’re thinking of visitingWeChat is a must have for payments and mini-appsChina is arguably the most modern country that I’ve been to, enti misusuw sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ obiara a ɔyɛ nneɛma no kɔ hɔ anyɛ yiye koraa no pɛnkoro. Nanso esiane Great Firewall ne anohyeto afoforo nti, ɛsɛ sɛ wudi kan siesie wo ho ankasa. 5 afotu a mfaso wɔ so sɛ woresusuw ho sɛ wobɛfa akwantu no a: Kenkan pii
15 Nneɛma a Wɔahu wɔ Adwuma ne Asetra Ho wɔ China
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