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Digital Hangzhou

Hangzhou left West Lake on the west side and laid a digital economy along both banks of the Qiantang. A city famous for poems also runs payments, commerce and cloud. At night the far bank is denser with lamps than with moon.

Where

Hangzhou, Zhejiang

Season

March–May · September–November

Stay

Two to three days

Yunqi, Future Sci-Tech City, the Olympic grounds left by the Asian Games — another map. A visitor does not need to enter any campus. Walk or cycle the river: the curve of a bridge, glass towers, the sound of the tide already explain how the city is classical and extremely new at once.

Give the morning to West Lake and the afternoon to the Qiantang. That is the honest itinerary. Tea and code do not cancel each other. They share humid air, and a temper that likes things done finely.

If the bore is running, Yanguan is still the old place to watch it. If it is night, the lights of Qianjiang New City will tell you what Hangzhou chose after the Song.