In the rapidly accelerating race to commercialize embodied intelligence, the face of China’s humanoid robotics industry is not a seasoned manufacturing executive but a 33-year-old former Huawei engineer who operates on four hours of sleep and a single meal a day.
As the United States tightens its grip on the world’s most advanced semiconductors, China is executing a strategic pivot. Rather than attempting to match American capabilities at the absolute frontier of artificial intelligence, Beijing is focusing on deploying “good-enough” AI powered by domestic chips across its vast industrial base.
The release of DeepSeek V4 has prompted a reassessment of the artificial intelligence balance of power between the United States and China.
As the United States and China compete for technological supremacy, the battleground is expanding beyond microchips and algorithms to the realm of governance and standards.
Faced with a persistent youth unemployment crisis and a rapidly shifting industrial landscape, the Chinese government has launched an ambitious plan to retrain its workforce for the era of artificial intelligence.
Charles Lieber, once celebrated as the world’s top chemist and the chair of Harvard University’s chemistry department, has quietly relocated to China to lead a state-funded research institute.
The fallout from Beijing’s unprecedented intervention in the global AI market is beginning to reshape the corporate structure of China’s most promising startups. Following the Chinese government’s decision to block Meta’s acquisition of Singapore-based Manus AI, several leading Chinese artificial intelligence firms are reportedly weighing full onshore reincorporation.
China’s entertainment landscape is undergoing a radical and rapid transformation, driven by the explosive growth of artificial intelligence.
The United States government has weighed in on the capabilities of China’s latest artificial intelligence breakthrough.
The future of municipal law enforcement has arrived in eastern China. During the busy May Day holiday, the city of Hangzhou deployed the country’s first formally organized squad of humanoid robot traffic police, marking a significant milestone in the real-world application of embodied artificial intelligence.
