China took 84.9% of new shipbuilding orders in the first quarter. But the more revealing number is industrial robots: 537,700 made in China in six months, ...
In a Chengdu kitchen, a robotic wok and a 52-year-old chef cooked the same dish side by side. The machine won on salt, timing and consistency. ...
In a parts plant outside Ningbo, the overhead lights are off and the line is still running. A look inside China's 'dark factories', the economics behind ...