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On July 24, Jensen Huang posted his first-ever tweet. It wasn’t about NVIDIA’s latest GPU, earnings, or a product launch. It was about open source AI. Huang’s newly created X (Twitter) account shared an open letter titled “Open-Weight Models and American AI Leadership,” signed by NVIDIA, Microsoft, Meta, Hugging Face, Mistral, Y Combinator, and 15+ … Read more
Wang Xingxing, founder and CEO of Unitree Robotics, has achieved what no Chinese entrepreneur has done in eight years: appear on the cover of TIME Magazine. The cover, published July 23, features Wang alongside Unitree’s mech product GD01 under the headline “The Robot Age Is Here.” The last time a Chinese business leader appeared on … Read more
Humanoid robots can dance, backflip, and run marathons. What they cannot do, it turns out, is find enough paying customers. A growing number of analysts are asking an uncomfortable question about the humanoid robot boom: who is actually buying these machines? The answer, according to a detailed analysis published on Chinese tech media Sohu IT, … Read more
When Japanese technicians cracked open a Unitree G1 humanoid robot, they found a reason to give up. Nikkei xTECH, a Japanese technology media outlet, published a teardown video of Unitree’s G1 on July 23. The verdict, as reported by CCTV News, was blunt: China’s humanoid robot technology has clearly moved beyond the “show-and-tell” stage, and … Read more
The Robot Belt Weekly: China’s Top 10 Tech Stories May 3–10, 2026 | The Intelligence Briefing from Shenzhen #1 DeepSeek’s \$45B Gambit: China’s AI Crown Jewel Finally Opens Its Doors Source: TechCrunch | TechNode | The Silicon Review DeepSeek is reportedly shifting from its “maverick” roots to a mainstream powerhouse, eyeing a staggering $45 billion … Read more
Back in 2014, while studying in Sydney, I was fascinated by the “road zipper” trucks that shifted barriers to optimise tidal traffic during peak hours. It was a brilliant system that several cities in China adopted shortly after. However, we are now seeing an even more elegant solution: robotic road barriers. Instead of requiring a … Read more
Top 10 Chinese Tech News Highlights of the Week (20–26 March 2026) 1. Galaxy General’s Humanoid Robot Engages in Unscripted Tennis Rallies Sector: Humanoid Robots Key Facts: Beijing-based Galaxy General Robot demonstrated its humanoid robot playing real-time, multi-round tennis rallies with a human. Powered by its proprietary “LATENT” algorithm, the robot learns motion logic from … Read more
The Changing of the Guard: How Chinese Marques Conquered 17% of Indonesia’s Car Market in 12 Months The Indonesian automotive landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. If you rewind just twelve months to January 2025, Chinese brands were shifting around 3,000 units, scraping together a mere 5% of the total market . Fast forward to … Read more
Weekly China Tech & Manufacturing Briefing: AI & Robotics Focus Tracking the intersection of artificial intelligence, robotics, and the southeastern coastal supply chain. 1. AgiBot Deploys 200+ Robots at Gala, Capturing 39% of Global Market Share Sector: Humanoid Robots Key Facts: Shanghai-based AgiBot showcased over 200 humanoid robots performing synchronized dynamic movements at a live … Read more
China’s AI & Robotics Breakthroughs: Top 10 Developments (Feb 9-15, 2026) ByteDance Unveils Seedance 2.0: AI Video Model with Director-Level Capabilities ByteDance launched its next-generation AI video generation model, Seedance 2.0, on February 11, 2026. Classified under AI video generation, the model accepts text, image, audio, and video inputs to produce 15-second, multi-shot videos with … Read more