China’s humanoid robot boom faces reality check as 150 companies chase a market where only 23% of buyers are satisfied
China’s humanoid robot boom faces reality check as 150 companies chase a market where only 23% of buyers are satisfied

China has more than 150 humanoid robot companies. It shipped roughly 90 per cent of the world’s humanoid robots in 2025. Its two largest makers, Unitree and AgiBot, are preparing initial public offerings that would value them at a combined 13 billion d…

Kaspersky suspects Chinese hackers planted a backdoor into Daemon Tools in ‘widespread’ attack

The cybersecurity company says it’s seen thousands of infection attempts, and at least a dozen successful hacks after users installed malicious versions of the popular Windows software.

NIO delivers 29,356 vehicles in April, but growth slows sharply from Q1 pace
NIO delivers 29,356 vehicles in April, but growth slows sharply from Q1 pace

NIO (NYSE: NIO) delivered 29,356 vehicles across its three brands in April 2026, a 22.8% increase year-over-year. The result pushes NIO’s cumulative deliveries past the 1.1 million mark.

The growth rate, however, represents a significant deceleratio…

The West keeps asking how much China subsidises its industries. That is the wrong question.
The West keeps asking how much China subsidises its industries. That is the wrong question.

The Western debate about China’s industrial rise keeps circling the same question: how much of it is subsidised? The European Commission’s anti-subsidy investigations into Chinese electric vehicles, solar panels, and wind turbines have produced tariff …

China’s robot-hand unicorn Linkerbot is hunting a $6bn valuation
China’s robot-hand unicorn Linkerbot is hunting a $6bn valuation

Two years after a Beijing engineer started building dexterous hands inspired by a Japanese cartoon, his company holds 80% of the global market and is doubling its valuation in months. Robotic hands are not, conventionally, the part of a humanoid robot …

The next satisfactory standard for data governance may not come from Brussels. It may come from Beijing.
The next satisfactory standard for data governance may not come from Brussels. It may come from Beijing.

The European Union treats data as a privacy right. The United States treats it as a corporate asset. China treats it as a factor of production, a national economic resource on par with land, labour, capital, and technology. That distinction, which soun…

US tech giants are laying off employees to spend on AI, China says it’s illegal over here

China is aggressively pushing AI adoption and simultaneously letting courts block companies from using it as a layoff excuse. The US isn’t even asking the question.

Foreign automakers are not staging a comeback in China. They are learning to be the junior partner.
Foreign automakers are not staging a comeback in China. They are learning to be the junior partner.

In January and February 2026, Volkswagen reclaimed the top position in China’s passenger vehicle market with a 13.9 per cent share, narrowly ahead of Geely at 13.8 per cent. Toyota’s joint ventures held 7.8 per cent. BYD, which dominated 2024 and much …

China has decided that firing a worker because an AI can do their job is illegal. No Western country has done the same.
China has decided that firing a worker because an AI can do their job is illegal. No Western country has done the same.

A quality assurance supervisor identified only as Zhou joined a technology company in Hangzhou in November 2022. His job was to work with AI large language models, optimising their outputs and filtering sensitive content. He earned 25,000 yuan per mont…

Tesla launches Model 3 RWD in Canada at record-low $39,490 ($29,000 USD) from China
Tesla launches Model 3 RWD in Canada at record-low $39,490 ($29,000 USD) from China

Tesla has launched a new Model 3 Premium RWD trim in Canada starting at just $39,490 CAD — a record-low price for the electric sedan in the country. The price, which converts to roughly $29,000 USD, is made possible by sourcing the vehicle from Giga Sh…