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Published Mon, Dec 5, 2016 · 09:50 PM

    Mountain View, Calif.

    THE majesty of the Golden Gate, the windy chill of Alcatraz, the tourist hubbub of Pier 39 - Zhao Haoyu's itinerary for San Francisco had it all.

    Yet when Mr Zhao, a Chinese tourist, arrived with his wife in September, they spent their first day wandering the humdrum suburban office parks that Facebook and Google call home.

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