the dormitories turned off all their lights at 11 p.m. sharp, and so most of the student body headed outside to continue their studies by streetlight. I looked on as hundreds of China’s brightest young engineering minds huddled in the soft yellow glow. I didn’t know it at the time, but the future founder of one of China’s most important AI companies was there, squeezing in an extra couple of hours of studying in the dark Hefei night.
