Unitree humanoid robots perform martial arts at a tourist attraction in Xi’an, Shaanxi province, last week. GUO XULEI/XINHUA As the 2026 Spring Festival Gala filled screens with humanoid robots flipping, sparring and sprinting across the stage, holiday rentals of robots surged off camera, pointing to a rapid iteration and early application of such robots in…
For Chinese traveler Xiao Yu, her Spring Festival holiday in Seoul was not just about shopping and sightseeing — it was a carefully planned trip for a “beauty upgrade”. She was among a surging wave of Chinese tourists who redirected outbound travel plans to South Korea during the break. South Korean government projections and local…
Hong Kong’s property market maintained its upward momentum even during the Spring Festival holiday, traditionally a quiet period for transactions, as population inflows and a stronger stock market continued to bolster buying sentiment. Buoyed by the momentum, international investment banks have revised up their forecasts for home price growth this year. Data released on Monday…
China is positioning its electrical power industry as one of the central pillars during its 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period, as energy infrastructure is set to become the primary engine for the nation’s green transition as well as its burgeoning artificial intelligence economy. State Grid Corp of China, the world’s largest utility, is expected to…
Customers shop at a DJI store in Miami, Florida, on May 13, 2025. [Photo/VCG] Chinese drone maker DJI has filed a lawsuit challenging a decision by the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to block imports of all of its new models and critical components, the company confirmed on Wednesday. The world’s largest drone maker…
While the A-share market performed strongly on the first trading day of the Year of the Horse, it is likely to gallop forward even further in the following months, mainly driven by a more amiable domestic macro environment and the development of emerging technologies, experts said. After the extended Spring Festival break, the benchmark Shanghai…
While the A-share market performed strongly on the first trading day of the Year of the Horse, it is likely to gallop forward even further in the following months, mainly driven by a more amiable domestic macro environment and the development of emerging technologies, experts said. After the extended Spring Festival break, the benchmark Shanghai…
Potential buyers look at a vehicle at a Tesla store in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province. TANG KE/FOR CHINA DAILY Tesla plans to increase investments in artificial intelligence hardware and software as well as the energy sector in China this year, a senior executive said. Tao Lin, vice-president of Tesla, said at a recent media briefing in…
A child interacts with a robot at the world’s first 6S robot store in Longgang district of Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong province, on Jan 16. LIANG XU/XINHUA WUHAN — At 10 am sharp, two 1.3-meter-tall humanoid robots at a storefront in Wuhan, capital of Central China’s Hubei province, sprang to life, twisting and turning in…
TIANJIN — A traditional crosstalk teahouse in a shopping mall in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin experienced one of its biggest crowds of the year during the Spring Festival holiday. Most of the audience consisted of out-of-town visitors, and tickets were often sold out quickly. Qianxiangyi, a century-old brand once known as a…