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Physical AI the biggest opportunity ahead - August 27, 2026
With the advent of superintelligent agents, there is a consensus that true intelligence goes beyond understanding static texts and requires grasping dynamic physical causality. This has given rise to physical artificial intelligence. It excels in multimodal environmental perception — seeing, listening, touching — and real-time interaction, bridging the gap between the digital and physical worlds.
Targeting Chinese-funded steel plant, Manila is nothing more than a puppet - August 27, 2026
US military power is penetrating ever deeper into the Philippines' economic sphere, and US intelligence agencies make no secret of viewing the country as a forward node in the US' strategic competition with China. Under this logic, any Chinese-affiliated company, infrastructure project or personnel could be assigned a particular "security risk" or "influence" designation. Once this logic becomes normalized, Sanjia Steel plant will not be the only entity to be affected.
Rising penetration highlights vitality, innovative strength of China's NEV industry - August 26, 2026
Nearly two in every three passenger cars sold at retail in China are now new energy vehicles (NEVs), a share that signals both the vitality of China's NEV market and the industry's capacity to turn new technologies into reliable products at scale.
Nvidia wants to ‘copy China’s homework’ and we welcome it - August 25, 2026
Several US media outlets recently reported that Nvidia is spending $6 billion to build one of the world's most powerful open-weight AI models, in a bid to compete with Chinese heavyweight models such as DeepSeek and Kimi K3.
Striving to realize human-robot symbiosis - August 25, 2026
At the second World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday, a humanoid robot from Team Tianzhuo set a milestone, clocking 100 meters in 9.39 seconds. It not only beat the previous robotic record but also eclipsed the legendary Usain Bolt's world record of 9.58 seconds, a feat of human biology deemed near the absolute limit.
Time for Wall Street Journal, the ‘self-styled preacher,’ to leave the podium - August 24, 2026
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) recently published an opinion piece calling to "reform and open China on America's terms."
What does China’s 4.7 percent growth in the first half of 2026 tell us? - August 24, 2026
True strength is revealed in the storm; backbone is forged through trials.
Tariff walls won't make West competitive - August 23, 2026
For much of the modern era, the global economic order followed a familiar pattern: advanced Western economies supplied capital, technology, high-value industries and wealthy consumers, while developing countries supplied raw materials, cheap labor and low-cost manufacturing.
'China Cool' tourism opens eyes and minds - August 23, 2026
In the sizzling summer of 2026, when "China Cool" became a buzzword on social media feeds worldwide, China's tourism market was experiencing a hot streak of its own. As global temperatures soared, so did the number of foreigners coming to China to escape the summer heat.
Three straight months of $100 billion-plus trade surplus: Is China really ‘squeezing’ the world? - August 20, 2026
Recently, some foreign media have seized on China's July trade data, touting its "surging" exports and three consecutive months of surpluses above $100 billion as proof of a "China squeeze" or "China shock" for the rest of the world. The figures are real, but the conclusion drawn from them is not. In focusing on the headline numbers, they have overlooked the factors behind China's trade surplus.
