Name: Across America: Chasing the next wave – San Francisco's boom and struggles
Uploaded: 2026-11-03T11:35:31+08:00
Duration: 11 min 33 s
Description: San Francisco is an American city shaped by the Gold Rush and renowned for its technological innovation. From the dot-com boom to the rise of artificial intelligence, the city has attracted some of the world's leading tech companies and brightest minds.

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San Francisco is an American city shaped by the Gold Rush and renowned for its technological innovation. From the dot-com boom to the rise of artificial intelligence, the city has attracted some of the world's leading tech companies and brightest minds. Yet it also faces persistent social challenges, including soaring living costs, economic inequality, a housing crisis grappling, addiction and homelessness.

In this episode of Across America, CGTN stringer James Hawthorn takes a road trip to San Francisco. From the city's tech hubs and Mission District to the Tenderloin neighborhood and Chinatown, James speaks with business leaders, community workers and residents. Through their stories, he explores how technological progress is reshaping the city and people's lives, and how communities are working to build a better future through mutual support, social services and cultural preservation.

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