At the invitation of probably the most successful tag entrepreneur in Europe, I visited the European Silicon Valley in Cambridge Great Britain together with colleagues and got a deep insight behind the scenes of the start up and investment business. And yes, I didn't have a full beard back then. It came much later with the midlife crisis.

Because one can hardly accuse Western reporting on China of being unbiased, I wanted to see the situation for myself. I was particularly interested in quantum technology, artificial intelligence and surveillance.