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Photo Essay: China’s Teen Geeks’ Struggle to Create the Tech Future

By Zhang Ruixue and Lu Zhenhua
2025年08月22日 19:43
An unprecedented gathering of young programmers reveals the deep-seated conflicts between creativity and conformity
None of the contestants were dancing at the AdventureX hackathon on July 24 in Hangzhou Lakeside Innovation and Research Center during a disco event combined with AI. Instead, they surrounded the technicians tightly, observing and asking about the technical principles related to AI.

At 16, Gong Zihan already has the bearing of a veteran executive. The high-school student is the CEO of Siri Studio, and after six years of coding and five years of management, he oversees more than 20 teenage programmers scattered across the country.

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