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Chinese robot maker Unitree has shown off its next quadripedal robot dog, which is strong enough to hold a 220-pound adult on its back.

Wild New Robot Dog Is So Strong You Can Ride It Like a Four-Legged Skateboard

By Victor Tangermann

After beating Elon Musk's Tesla with automakers like BYD and Li Auto, Chinese tech firms are now setting their sights on robotics.

Elon Musk Is Getting Destroyed by Yet Another Chinese Company

During a Chinese music festival, a humanoid robot named "Adam" grooved on the keytar while semi-disguised in a loose-fitting hoodie.

Band Appears on Stage With Poorly-Disguised Robot Playing the Keytar

By Noor Al-Sibai

Chinese company UBTECH recently showed off its bipedal Walker S2 robot contorting its arms to hot swap one of its battery packs.

Wild Video Shows Robot Changing Its Own Battery

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese researchers say they've devised a new way to extract water from lunar soil and convert it into fuel.

Chinese Scientists Invent System for Extracting Oxygen, Water and Rocket Fuel From Moon Dust

By Victor Tangermann

Donald Trump's policy moves are coming in handy as the People's Republic of China scopes in on the global EV trade.

Electric Vehicles

China Is Using Trump’s Tactics Against Him to Corner the EV Market

Chinese engineers recently announced a prototype maglev train had successfully reached speeds of up to 650 kilometers per hour.

China Working On Levitating Train That Could Get You From New York to Chicago in Two Hours

Tesla's market share in China is shrinking, which could represent yet another nail in Elon Musk's carmaker's coffin.

Tesla Is in Serious Trouble in China

By Victor Tangermann

Police in China are arresting writers, many of them women, for writing erotic fiction about men in intimate relationships.

Chinese Police Cracking Down on Naughty Fiction

By Sharon Adarlo

After reaching a hard-fought trade agreement with China, Donald Trump is now ripping the wires out of the wall to beat them in the "AI race."

Artificial Intelligence

Trump Goes Haywire on AI Regulation After China Agrees to Major Trade Deal

Researchers at China's top military R&D academy just showed off a mosquito-sized nanobot measuring just 1.3 cm in size.

Chinese Military Shows Off Fly-Sized Drones for Covert Ops

Chinese engineers are getting around Washington's chip restrictions by simply flying to other countries where US prohibitions don't apply.

Chinese AI Companies Are Using an Absurd Loophole to Get Around US Chip Restrictions

Two humanoid robots entered the ring to trade punches and kicks at an event in Hangzhou, China, over the weekend.

Wild Video Shows Robots Fighting in Kickboxing Match

By Victor Tangermann

The New York Times published an article with a strange and bigoted claim about Asian women and manufacturing at Apple.

The New York Times Just Published Some Bizarre Race Science About Asian Women

By Noor Al-Sibai

China is launching a space-bound AI supercomputer — and the first of its satellites were just sent up into orbit.

China Is Building an AI-Powered Supercomputer Network in Space

By Noor Al-Sibai

Across the American West, a massive glowing streak was seen in the skies — and an experimental rocket fuel seems to have been its source.

Chinese Spacecraft Accused of Dumping Experimental Fuel in Streak Seen Across American Sky

By Noor Al-Sibai

Samples taken from China's Tiangong space station contained a new, mysterious microbe that doesn't exist on Earth, researchers say.

Mysterious Bacteria Not Found on Earth Are Growing on China’s Space Station

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

China just surpassed a new green energy milestone, crushing the west in the process.

China’s Green Energy Surge Has Caused CO2 Emissions to Fall for the First Time

baidu self-driving car rental

Self-Driving Vehicles

Chinese Company Leapfrogs Tesla, Announces Self-Driving Car Rental Service

Chinese Tech Giant Wants to Translate Your Cat’s Meows Using AI

Artificial Intelligence

Chinese Tech Giant Wants to Translate Your Cat’s Meows Using AI

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese researchers have unveiled a gadget they say is capable of countering US stealth radar devices at a bargain-bin price.

China Unveils Strange Device to Find Invisible Objects

A breathtaking video shared on social media shows a mountain range in Guizhou blanketed in solar panels as far as the eye can see.

Wild Video Shows Entire Mountain Range in China Covered With Solar Panels

American shoppers ordering from Temu and Shein are already experiencing major sticker shocks in the wake of Trump's trade war.

Temu Addicts Suffering Withdrawal

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese robotics manufacturing is far outpacing the rest of the world, with over 276,000 robots going online between 2022 and 2023 alone.

Experts Alarmed by China’s Enormous Army of Robots

After weeks of trade war escalations, the White House now wants to substantially walk back its threatened tariff rate.

Trump Is Learning a Hard Lesson About China

The timing of Trump's announcement that he's planning to be "very nice" to China couldn't have come at a better time for Elon Musk's Tesla.

The Timing of Trump’s China Announcement Is Incredibly Convenient for Tesla

By Victor Tangermann

The Trump administration is slapping giant tariffs on solar panels — and the figures are so high, you will straight up gasp.

Trump Just Set a Tariff on Solar Panels So High That Your Eyebrows May Raise Involuntarily

By Noor Al-Sibai

A half marathon foot race in Beijing saw thousands of humanoid robots running right alongside their flesh-and-blood counterparts.

Watching These Humanoid Robots Try to Run a Half Marathon Is Hilarious and Bizarre

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's vision for the future of Tesla is looking increasingly shaky, compounding existing problems.

Tesla Leak Shows That Musk’s Vision Is Trembling

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed the successful refueling of an operational Thorium-powered nuclear reactor.

China Fires Up World’s First Thorium-Powered Nuclear Reactor

Tech CEOs are feeling the Trump slump as the president's insane tariffs make it harder than ever for them to make money.

Tech CEOs Realizing They Made a Terrible Mistake by Supporting Trump

By Noor Al-Sibai

President Donald Trump's escalating tariff war could put Tesla CEO Elon Musk's ambitions for the carmaker in serious danger.

Elon Musk Is in Huge Trouble Over Donald Trump’s Tariffs

By Victor Tangermann

As Donald Trump drags the US economy into the gutter, Chinese netizens are poking fun at the reversal of fortunes his policy represents.

China Creates Mocking AI Video of Average Americans Working in Garment Factory

As the economy roils and tensions escalate, China has dealt a devastating blow to Donald Trump in the form of an AI music video.

China Attacks Trump With Sassy AI-Generated Music Video

The walls are only beginning to close in as Tesla's competitors in China are starting to make significant moves.

The Walls Are Closing in on Tesla

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla is being forced to change the name of its so-called "Full Self-Driving" driver assistance feature in China.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Tesla Forced to Change Name of “Full Self-Driving” in China, Since Its Cars Can’t Fully Drive Themselves

By Victor Tangermann

Clever engineers at a Chinese video company built a tiny, swiveling robot that can shoot pieces of gum right into your mouth.

Hackers Build Robot That Launches Gum Directly Into Your Mouth

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese robotics company Dobot has shown off its humanoid robot, dubbed Atom, preparing a sumptuous breakfast.

Wild Video Shows Humanoid Robot Preparing Elaborate Breakfast

By Victor Tangermann

The US Space Force has accused China of "dogfighting in space," a term that usually refers to fighter jets caught up in an aerial battle.

Space Force Says a Chinese Spacecraft Is Practicing Dogfighting Maneuvers in Orbit

By Victor Tangermann

Sam Altman, OpenAI's billionaire founder, gestures toward himself in front of an illustrated geometric background.

Flailing OpenAI Calls for Ban on Chinese AI

Chinese regulators have announced that all AI-generated content on the internet will have to be labeled as such.

Artificial Intelligence

All AI-Generated Material Must Be Labeled Online, China Announces

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI is raising the specter of China and predicting the US will lose the AI race if it's unable to scrape copyrighted materials.

OpenAI Says It’s “Over” If It Can’t Steal All Your Copyrighted Work

By Noor Al-Sibai

Donald Trump's authoritarianism and rise to power is drawing comparisons to Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution.

Chinese People Keep Comparing Trump’s Authoritarianism to Mao and Xi Jinping

By Noor Al-Sibai

Once said to be Tesla's second-largest market, the EV giants sales in China are slumping amidst increased competition and lacking performance.

Tesla Just Got Absolutely Horrible News About Its Sales in China

Chinese robotics company Unitree has shown off its G1 humanoid robot pulling off some gnarly kung fu moves.

We’re Apparently Living in an Anime, Because This Robot Has Learned Kung Fu

By Victor Tangermann

China's Zhurong Mars rover has made a fascinating discovery: "vacation-style" beaches on the shore of an ancient ocean.

Rover Discovers Evidence of Giant Ocean on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla's full self driving mode is hitting a snag with international regulators, as skepticism of Musk's timeline grows.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Elon Can’t Seem to Get Full Self-Driving Approved in China

As Western investors balk at the growing cost of US AI development, the Chinese tech sector is soaring, fueled by a robust STEM education.

China’s Tech Sector Is Absolutely Crushing America’s Right Now

Tesla has pursued an unusually aggressive tactic in China to silence its critics. It keeps winning court cases against them.

Tesla Using Close Relationship With Chinese Communist Party to Punish Drivers Who Complain That Their Brakes Suddenly Stopped Working

By Victor Tangermann

New images seem to show a laser-fired nuclear fusion facility may be under development in southwestern China.

Satellite Images Show China Building What Appears to Be a Huge Fusion Facility

A new bill looks to "prohibit United States persons from advancing AI capabilities within" China, effectively making DeepSeek illegal.

Artificial Intelligence

New Law Would Make It Illegal to Use DeepSeek, Punishable With 20 Years’ Prison Time

By Victor Tangermann

A Chinese company has unveiled a massive new 85-foot electric bus, said to be a world's first in transit infrastructure.

Advanced Transport

China Unveils Comically Gigantic 85-Foot Electric Bus

DeepSeek's AI is loathe to engage in any talk of atrocities and human rights violations against its Uyghur people.

Artificial Intelligence

DeepSeek’s AI Would Like to Assure You That China Is Not Committing Any Human Rights Abuses Whatsoever Against Its Repressed Uyghur Population

By Victor Tangermann

Alibaba claims that the latest version of its Qwen AI model has beaten out DeepSeek's V3, and OpenAI's o1.

Another Chinese AI Company Says It’s Beaten OpenAI

By Victor Tangermann

Nvidia's losses following the rise of DeepSeek's AI app are staggering, which doesn't bode well for Donald Trump's doubling down on the tech.

Artificial Intelligence

Trump Embraced AI and It Exploded Spectacularly in His Face

By Victor Tangermann

Like other Chinese AI models, DeepSeek is beholden to the rules of state censors. Its answer about the Tiananmen Square massacre is odd.

Artificial Intelligence

DeepSeek Starts to Explain Tiananmen Square Massacre, Then Gets Caught by Built-In Censorship System

By Victor Tangermann

In the race to build the best humanoid robots, China is literally ahead of the pack as it prepares for the world's first human-robot race.

China Is Hosting The World’s First Foot Race Between Humans and Robots

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists claim that China's "Artificial Sun" nuclear fusion reactor has more than doubled its own previous world record.

China’s “Artificial Sun” Just Smashed the Record for Stable Fusion Reaction

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese AI firm DeepSeek announced a new model called R1, which the outfit says is performing "on par" with OpenAI's o1.

Chinese AI Firm Says Its Open Source New Model Is Beating OpenAI’s Most Advanced Publicly Released Model

On China's RedNote social network, alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione is striking a chord with users who affectionately call him as "Lulu."

Americans Flood Chinese App RedNote, Discover Its Users Are Obsessed With Luigi Mangione

By Noor Al-Sibai

Two mocking RedNote comments superimposed over an unappetizing American school lunch.

Chinese Students Repulsed by American School Lunches

Screenshots of various 3D-printed gun posts on Chinese app RedNote by American users

Americans Flood Chinese Social App, Teach Users to 3D Print Guns

RedNote or "Little Red Book" founder Mao Wenchao was apparently inspired by Stanford and Bain & Company for his app, not Mao Zedong.

Man Named Mao Who Started Chinese App Called “Little Red Book” Was Actually Inspired by Stanford University and Mitt Romney

By Victor Tangermann

TikTok users looking to spite the US government have found a new home in Chinese app RedNote, along with a warm welcome from Chinese users.

TikTok Users Looking to Spite US Government Find Warm Welcome on Chinese App