Grace Shao

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  • A Unitree G1 humanoid robot shows a handshake action at an exhibition hall of Unitree Robotics in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, April 23, 2025. The Unitree G1 humanoid robot demonstrated a series of newly updated actions Wednesday in Hangzhou. (Photo by Huang Zongzhi/Xinhua via Getty Images)Commentary

    U.S. tariffs will hasten, not slow, China’s drive for tech self-sufficiency

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  • Visitors visit Alibaba Cloud-related cloud computing AI servers, gateways, and other hardware devices at the 2024 Apsara Conference in Hangzhou, China, on September 19, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Commentary

    The U.S. leads on chips, but China has an underrated advantage in the race to adopt AI

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  • Several humanoid robots are performing dance movements at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition Center in Shanghai, China, on July 5, 2024, during the first public viewing day. (Photo by Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Commentary

    A trip to Shanghai’s AI mega-conference showed me that China’s developers are still playing catch-up to Silicon Valley

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