A week in Beijing and Shanghai with the people building AI in China
More young men driving Didi (Chinese version of Uber) than I have ever seen, because Didi is the only job young people can get. Graduates from the best universities in the country, unable to find work and moving home to the smaller cities they grew up in after fighting their whole lives to get to Beijing/Shanghai. July retail sales up 0.6% year over year against an expected 1.5%.
- ▪More young men driving Didi (Chinese version of Uber) than I have ever seen, because Didi is the only job young people can get.
- ▪Graduates from the best universities in the country, unable to find work and moving home to the smaller cities they grew up in after fighting their whole lives to get to Beijing/Shanghai.
- ▪July retail sales up 0.6% year over year against an expected 1.5%.
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Involution Without Export Is Wasted EffortA week in Beijing and Shanghai with the people building AI in ChinaDavid ChengSep 18, 2026112632ShareThe Didi from the airportThe traffic in Beijing was the lightest I have ever seen in the dozens of trips I’ve made over the past decade while working at DCM.In Beijing, congestion is a decent real-time proxy for economic activity, and the ride from the airport took a fraction of the time it had any right to during rush hour. I kept seeing the same picture all week. More young men driving Didi (Chinese version of Uber) than I have ever seen, because Didi is the only job young people can get.
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