Haidian Lu (road) has become the capital’s computer street in just a few years. In 1985 Professor Wu Jikang (吴几康) takes me on a walk to look at the area.
#China #chinacomputers #chinacomputerworld #instituteofcomputertechnology #wujikang #beijingsiliconvalley
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#China #chinacomputers #chinacomputerworld #instituteofcomputertechnology #wujikang #beijingsiliconvalley
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Flashback: Beijing’s Computer Street (1985)
The third in a series about China’s computerworld in the 1980s.
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October 28, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Haidian Lu (road) has become the capital’s computer street in just a few years. In 1985 Professor Wu Jikang (吴几康) takes me on a walk to look at the area.
#China #chinacomputers #chinacomputerworld #instituteofcomputertechnology #wujikang #beijingsiliconvalley
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#China #chinacomputers #chinacomputerworld #instituteofcomputertechnology #wujikang #beijingsiliconvalley
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China currently produces over two thirds of the world’s computers. When I visited China in 1985, it was in the beginning of a microcomputer revolution. #China #computers #microcomputers #economicreforms #ChinaComputerworld
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Flashback: China’s Microcomputer Revolution (1985)
The first in a series about China’s computerworld in the 1980s.
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October 14, 2026 at 1:01 PM
China currently produces over two thirds of the world’s computers. When I visited China in 1985, it was in the beginning of a microcomputer revolution. #China #computers #microcomputers #economicreforms #ChinaComputerworld
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