Lin Feng, a top physics student at MIT, originally planned to build his career in the United States.
As promising as his dreams were, reality proved especially cruel.
As the US tightened its policies targeting Chinese American researchers, all of Lin Feng’s hard work crumbled like a bubble.
He had spent seven years in America, and thought he had finally become part of it. In the end, though, that had only been wishful thinking.
So he chose to return to China and start a business, determined to fulfill his ambitions.
But accustomed to American ways of thinking, he found himself struggling at every turn back home. The road to entrepreneurship was far from smooth: he had to overcome technical challenges and readjust to all aspects of life in China.
Fortunately, the company of family and the warmth of love made him feel less alone. After a brief adjustment period, he quickly developed a brand-new artificial intelligence system, becoming one of the pioneers exploring commercial AI applications in China.
But just as his career was taking off and he was gaining both fame and fortune, he faced another choice.
US technological restrictions on China and economic conflict were growing increasingly frequent, just as the country needed his work to become a breakthrough in addressing people’s livelihood concerns.
He could not have both, and once again Lin Feng found himself at a crossroads.
