Startups power Shenzhen's rise as high-tech hub

City produces more than half of China's international patent filings

SHUHEI YAMADA, Nikkei Asia Tech chief editor and YUSUKE HINATA, Nikkei staff writer

SHENZHEN/GUANGZHOU -- When a young entrepreneur was looking for a place to launch his idea for mass-producing a superstrong material of the future, he did not go to Silicon Valley but rather to a Chinese metropolis that has become a magnet for high-tech startups.

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