Day: August 10, 2025

The “ChatGPT moment” for the robotics industry could arrive in as little as two years if powerful artificial intelligence technology develops to propel robots’ movements, according to the founder of China’s industry leader Unitree Robotics. Advertisement Wang Xingxing defined this moment as the first time a robot could perform a task, such as cleaning a room or bringing a bottle of water to a targeted person, in a venue that it had never been to before. “If things develop fast, it could happen in the next year or two, or…

The rainy season in northern China traditionally arrives in July and August and this year it hit hard – again. In late July, the capital Beijing and neighbouring Hebei province were battered by heavy rain that left dozens of people dead. In one case, 31 people died in a nursing home in the northern Beijing district of Miyun in an area that had been considered safe from flooding. This year’s disaster is the fifth of its kind in the country’s north since 2012. Is the flooding in Beijing unusual… South…

China aired a documentary last week showing how the Qing dynasty took back Xinjiang from foreign forces in the late 19th century – Beijing’s latest effort to counter Western narratives and strengthen Chinese national identity in ethnic minority border areas. The six-episode documentary, titled Zuo Zongtang Recovers Xinjiang, was produced and aired by the broadcaster of Hunan province, the birthplace of Zuo Zongtang, one of the most famous generals and reformists in the late Qing dynasty… South China Morning Post