Baidu enters the global race to dominate era of driverless cars

Wang Jing bought his first car, a Dodge Shadow, with $3,000 he scratched together working three part-time jobs in the U..as a postgraduate student in Florida. These days, the senior vice-president in charge of Baidu’s autonomous driving efforts is far better paid. He’s also a man on a mission: To push China to the forefront of the coming driverless-car era.