Zhejiang Qingtian Lituo Robot Co has broken ground on a project that will build a digital factory for smart logistics robots at a planned capacity of 5,000 units a year. The site covers 40 mu and will produce AGV handling robots, smart warehouse systems and the software that runs them, aimed at the intelligent-upgrade needs … Read more
China’s Bid to Flood the World with Cheap AI, Said Bloomberg. Half Right. On Friday at 8:36am, Bloomberg published a sweeping story on China’s plan to flood the world with cheap AI. I am quoted in it, mapping DeepSeek’s investors to the layers of the industry. Sixteen hours before that story ran, 29 countries signed … 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
If you want to understand the shifting tectonic plates of the global economy, you could read the latest policy white papers out of Washington, or you could simply look at the photograph of Friedrich Merz in Hangzhou. There stood the German Chancellor—a politician whose brand is practically forged from stern Atlanticist rigour and conservative economic … Read more
Digital Fireworks: The High-Octane AI “Showdown” That Lit Up CNY 2026 The Chinese New Year has evolved into a critical milestone for the global AI and robotics industries. Gone are the days when the holiday was solely about dumplings and firecrackers. Today, it is a grand technological arena. Chinese tech giants are rushing to deploy … Read more
The week in Chinese tech: Sovereign AI and the humanoid sprint Science & technology Silicon and Sinew: The Week in Chinese Innovation From sovereign legal models to record-breaking humanoids, China’s tech firms are sprinting toward 2026 Beijing and Shenzhen | February 8th 2026 WHERE DOES the courtroom end and the computer begin? This week saw … Read more
The Chinese Invasion The Chinese EVs conquered Australia. Will Britain be next? To see the future of Britain’s roads, look to the Antipodes. The data suggests an historic changing of the guard is imminent: Chinese marques are on course to overtake the established Japanese players by 2027—or perhaps even sooner. Robot Belt Team | London, … Read more