Kinling Lo

China's Unitree is profitable, scaling fast, and cutting prices even as most humanoid robots remain far from mass adoption.

Strikes on U.S. data centers highlight the risks of concentration and the growing role of geopolitics in cloud competition.

Alibaba reduced its head count by a third in 2025, while Baidu's workforce declined nearly 7%. “There's constant churn,” a Chinese tech worker said.

Recalling my visit to Thunder Tiger, a Taiwanese company building “non-China” drones for the U.S. military.

U.S.-China summit to likely cover AI rivalry, chip exports, supply chain security, and the EV trade as leaders navigate intensifying geopolitical tensions.

Foreign visitors are flocking to China’s factories and AI startups in search of the next technological breakthrough.

Former Hugging Face executive Tiezhen Wang explains how China's open-source strategy is reshaping the AI race.

China's consumer-tech brands keep gaining ground Kinling Lo is a reporter at Rest of World covering China. Getty Images

The trend is partially triggered by viral videos of China's dancing humanoid robots and flying cars.

Universities are dropping programs in translation and foreign languages while adding degrees in embodied intelligence, AI, and robotics.