Hangzhou

American

[hahng-joh] / ˈhɑŋˈdʒoʊ /

(Older Spelling) Hangchow

noun

Pinyin.

a seaport in and the capital of Zhejiang province, in eastern China, on Hangzhou Bay.

Hangzhou British

/ ˈhæŋˈdʒəʊ /

noun

a port in E China, capital of Zhejiang province, on Hangzhou Bay (an inlet of the East China Sea), at the foot of the Eye of Heaven Mountains: regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world; seat of two universities (1927, 1959). Pop: 1 955 000 (2005 est)

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Li grew up in Hangzhou, China, a sprawling tech hub on the country’s east coast that is home to Alibaba and DeepSeek.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Tech hubs across the border in mainland China, such as Alibaba's hometown of Hangzhou, are expanding far faster, spurred by AI investors such as Deepseek and Unitree Robotics.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

They clustered in a few cities including Beijing and Hangzhou, where Liang went to school and started his business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The company is based in Hangzhou, in eastern China.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

When the train pulled out of Hangzhou the next day, the Hsus found themselves depleted of some nine thousand dollars’ worth of goodwill.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

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