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Shenzhen: A New Breed of Intellectual Property (Part 3) | Future Cities | WIRED

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What it is

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 Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters point to it as a snapshot of Shenzhen's hardware and IP culture, including counterfeit electronics and fast iteration.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “A shoutout to a new video series from WIRED on Shenzhen.”

    Video series on Shenzhen via Bunnie Huang's blog

    gjkood, 2016-06 · Recommendation · in “New Cities”

  2. “The more you watch the more educated you'll be.”

    Evidence of counterfeit phone factories in China

    neonological, 2021-03 · Recommendation · in “Hurricane China: How to prepare”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: shenzhen, shanzhai, intellectual property, hardware, china

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