The disconnect between geopolitical tensions and ground-level entrepreneurial hustle really stands out here. Chinese companies treating CES as this almost ritualistic validation despite visa rejections and market skepticism shows how much the U.S. market still functions as a psychological anchor for global ambition. The detail about Lenovo renting the Sphere while smaller startups show up on 70k yuan budgets captures that spectrum perfectly, everyones chasing legitimacy but at wildly different scales.
The disconnect between geopolitical tensions and ground-level entrepreneurial hustle really stands out here. Chinese companies treating CES as this almost ritualistic validation despite visa rejections and market skepticism shows how much the U.S. market still functions as a psychological anchor for global ambition. The detail about Lenovo renting the Sphere while smaller startups show up on 70k yuan budgets captures that spectrum perfectly, everyones chasing legitimacy but at wildly different scales.
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