lots of China propaganda pieces today on hacker news :) let's break down this particular piece. main points the author raised in order to support Beijing is more innotative than SV were:

a.) less homeless/mentally unstable (what do you think an Chinese authoritarian government does to these people in Beijing, the capital?)

b.) no discussion of religion or politics in SF. tons of ayn rand followers (did he really go to sf?)

c.) lots of constructions in Beijing (lots of them empty, badly built, debt financed)

d.) cheap stuff

e.) creative people (what innovations came out of beijing?)

f.) silicon valley is now just focused on business execution (again, what innovations came out of beijing?)

no mention of Bejing's

a.) crippling internet censorship. (you couldn't hit any foreign websites regularly unless via VPN, and even that fails frequently)

b.) pollution

c.) corruption

d.) unease towards foreigners

e.) 2-3 hour traffic jams

f.) language barrier