Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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A city once synonymous with Alibaba is now spawning a generation of Chinese tech challengers.

From DeepSeek’s AI models to Unitree’s humanoid robots and Game Science’s blockbuster game “Black Myth: Wukong,” a cluster of fast-rising startups is drawing global attention – all from the same place.

They’re known as the “Six Little Dragons.” CNBC Explains producer Ellyani Hanis takes a look at why so many billion-dollar startups are springing from the same place.

Watch the full explainer at the link below.

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