{
  "id": 9292616,
  "title": "Why China’s Silicon Valley won’t need American degrees",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/why-chinas-silicon-valley-wont-need-american-degrees",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T07:13:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/09/why-chinas-silicon-valley-wont-need-american-degrees/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For nearly a century, American global power has rested on a three-legged tripod: unmatched military firepower, the ubiquitous sovereignty of the US dollar and the intellectual dominance of its higher-education system. While aircraft carriers project hard power and Wall Street manages global capital, the American university system has quietly manufactured the “soft power,” technological…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Andreessen Horowitz bets on college alternative as Silicon Valley launches two-year academy for future tech talent",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/andreessen-horowitz-bets-on-college-alternative-as-silicon-valley",
        "published": "2026-09-23T05:15:05.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}