Commons and Differences in Two Silicon Valley

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Silicon Valley and Zhongguancun
Introduction
Silicon Valley is a globally recognized region that aims to serve itself as a global center for social media, innovation, and high technology. As a matter of fact, Silicon Valley has become the largest high-tech corporations in the world (Wajcman 1280). On the other hand, Zhongguancun is another technology hub that has been located in China. Zhongguancun is quite popular among China, and in certain scenarios, it is referred to as "China's Silicon Valley." The paper aims to provide an in-depth analysis of the comparison between the two silicon valleys. Separate sections have been dedicated to comparison, commonalities, and the methods in which each of them runs a company. The paper helps the reader to understand the main differences between Silicon Valley and Zhongguancun by all means.
Comparison of American/Chinese Silicon Valley
The region of Silicon Valley has employed more than a million information technology workers as per the recent stats (Guzman, Jorge, and Scott Stern 607). There are thousands of high technology companies having their headquarters in Silicon Valley such as Facebook, HP Inc, Twitter, Netflix, etc. There are many famous companies in Zhongguancun such as Lenovo Group, Founder Group, and Stone Group. There are more than 500,000 technicians employed at Zhongguancun (Cao 1000). Many globally-recognized organizations such as Oracle, AMD, Intel, and Google have built their Chinese research centers and headquarters at Zhongguancun Technology Park.
Commonalities between Silicon Valley in China and in America. Both Silicon Valley and Zhongguancun (China's Silicon Valley) pertains to have great importance. Both of them are running successfully with achieving each goal day-by-day. When it comes to the entrepreneurial environment of both Silicon Valleys, there is no doubt that the environment is characterized by risk-taking, collaboration, and innovation. They tend to provide the essential framework for tech startups. As the organizations having a similar market and the targeted audience has been increased in the two Silicon Valleys, it has resulted in allowing customers to prefer variety and choices.
Differences in Social Media Platforms. Twitter is undoubtedly one of the most widely used social media platforms that help to make someone's voice reach to the world. However, Zhongguancun has made Sina Weibo which can be considered equivalent of twitter (Cao 988). Considering the case of YouTube, there have been two equivalents for this: Youku and Tudou. It must be considered that the social media platforms of China tend to vary due to the censorship.
YouTube vs. Tudou and Youku
When it comes to the Chinese netizens, Zhongguancun has made them a user who uses online platforms in a different way than Americans use YouTube. YouTube contains short videos mostly, however, Tudou and Youku contain longer videos. On YouTube, anyone can put any type of content which is basically the entire content of what YouTube is filled with. On the other hand, in Youku and Tudou, the content is mainly produced by professionals. The matter of fact is that the sites by Zhongguancun pertain to have resemblance with Hulu.
Twitter vs. Sina Weibo
One of the main differences between the social media of Silicon Valley and Zhongguancun is language or culture. Although Sina Weibo came after three years of Twitter launch, still it has become a popular microblogging platform for Chinese individuals. There are undoubtedly a number of similarities between Twitter and Sina Weibo such as they both allow users to post 140-characters' messages. The users on these platforms can find interesting comments and follow friends as well. Including these similarities, there are certain differences as well. Sina Weibo by Zhongguancun is sometimes referred to as an enhanced or better twitter clone. In the U.S., mobile phones are used for sending less than 20 percent of Twitter updates whereas half of the updates of Sina Weibo are by smartphones. Although, both Silicon Valley and Zhongguancun have made it great, still there can be said exists a sort of competition b...