Is Hong Kong Dying? Or is it Rebirthing in Silicon? Why the “Pearl of the Orient” is becoming the “Brain of the Robot Belt” Reports of the city’s demise are exaggerated. For a glimpse of the AI future, watch the 13-minute train. TO THE casual observer, Hong Kong’s recent narrative has been one of slow, … Read more
Technology & Demographics The Automaton Dividend The population of China has begun to shrink. But does it matter? By Jimmy Xiao • January 30, 2026 IF DEMOGRAPHY IS DESTINY, then the recent headlines from Beijing read like a eulogy. China’s population has fallen for two consecutive years, shedding millions of citizens in a statistical retreat … Read more
Humanoid Robotics Production Accelerates Recent Omdia data reveals Chinese dominance in 2025 humanoid robot shipments: AGIBOT leads with 5,168 units, followed by Unitree (4,200 units) and Ubtech (1,000 units). Unitree later clarified its actual shipments exceeded 5,500 units, claiming the top position. Meanwhile, Elon Musk stated Optimus could handle complex tasks by late 2026, with … Read more
In the global arms race for Artificial Intelligence dominance, the headlines are predictable. The United States and China are the titans, trading blows in a high-stakes duel of silicon and software. But look past the giants, scan the data from the 2025-2026 U.S. News & World Report rankings, and you will find an anomaly. It is … Read more
Why Australia’s free market is becoming the ultimate laboratory for Chinese manufacturing. If you want to see the future of the global car market, do not look to the protected fiefdoms of Europe or the tariff-walled fortresses of North America. Look, instead, to the bottom of the world. In 2025, a quiet but seismic shift … Read more
How the Robot Belt is fitting Silicon Valley For decades, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was a festival of pixels. We marveled at televisions that grew wider and phones that grew smarter. But walking the halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center this week, the static hum of screens has been replaced by the rhythmic … Read more
Daily briefing on China’s tech sector: Beijing launches security probe into Meta’s Manus deal, Denza unveils “robot” SUV, DeepSeek hits 22M users, and industrial robotics output breaks global records.