After the dotcom crash, out of work folks noodled on their own projects for a while, and eventually a bunch of scrappy startups formed (or pivoted) that became

After the dotcom crash, out of work folks noodled on their own projects for a while, and eventually a bunch of scrappy startups formed (or pivoted) that became the web 2.0 wave. I wonder if something similar might happen now in China. Would anyone be able to tell if open source activity from users in China increases? That might be a decent leading indicator.