Innovation nation: Chinese start-ups take on Silicon Valley

By Philip Wen
Updated April 9 2016 - 1:13am, first published 12:22am
Innoway in Beijing's Zhongguancun, a pedestrian street lined up with tech incubators and shared workspaces. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Innoway in Beijing's Zhongguancun, a pedestrian street lined up with tech incubators and shared workspaces. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Tian Shuo, 28, wants to launch a matchmaking app with a twist. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Tian Shuo, 28, wants to launch a matchmaking app with a twist. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Startup Salad. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Startup Salad. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Participants of an event organised by accelerator Startup Salad gather at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Participants of an event organised by accelerator Startup Salad gather at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Entrepreneurs brainstorm. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Entrepreneurs brainstorm. Photo: Sanghee Liu
A mentor  gives a lecture to potential startups at tech incubator Innohub in Beijing. Photo: Sanghee Liu
A mentor gives a lecture to potential startups at tech incubator Innohub in Beijing. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Innoway in Beijing's Zhongguancun, a pedestrian street lined up with tech incubators. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Innoway in Beijing's Zhongguancun, a pedestrian street lined up with tech incubators. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Participants of an event organised by accelerator Startup Salad. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Participants of an event organised by accelerator Startup Salad. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi (seated) with his seven co-founders. Photo: Xiaomi
Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi (seated) with his seven co-founders. Photo: Xiaomi

Beijing: It's first thing on a Saturday morning and the foyer at Beijing's Tsinghua University is echoing with the busy chatter of more than 100 wannabe startup entrepreneurs.

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