The half-marathon in Beijing’s E-Town economic and technological development zone on Sunday showcased a leap in the capabilities of Chinese-made humanoid robots. The winner of the race, autonomous-navigation robot “Lightning”, developed by Honor, completed the race in an impressive 50 minutes and 26 seconds, despite a minor mishap near the finish line, surpassing the human world record. “Lightning” incorporates Honor’s proprietary integrated joint modules, delivering a peak torque of 400 Nm. Its liquid-cooling system features cooling channels that penetrate deep into the motor’s interior like capillaries to dissipate heat, while…
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Aboard USSGerald R. Ford, priced at roughly $13 billion and billed as the most advanced US aircraft carrier in existence, the crew has repeatedly endured some seriously awkward and uncomfortable conditions: dysfunctional toilets, no clean laundry, and no beds. These repeated breakdowns have exposed the profound fatigue now gripping the US Navy, and perhaps the broader structure of American global dominance under sustained high-tempo and long-duration operations. According to a New York Times report published Monday, it took more than 30 hours for sailors to put out the fire aboard…
On Thursday, US President Donald Trump once again turned on the klieg lights by launching a new major international initiative – the “Board of Peace.” Though this multilateral body is supposed to start with managing the post-conflict restoration and future development of the Gaza Strip, many argue that its real goal has a larger scale and might reflect the US president’s ambition to find an efficient alternative to the UN, which he shows no respect for. If the pilot Gaza project turns out to be a success story, this model…
Years ago, I traveled to Iran. What stayed with me most from that trip was not the towering columns of Persepolis nor the turquoise domes of Isfahan; it was the children. At nearly every historical site, groups of schoolchildren would appear. Teachers led them through open-air history lessons among the ruins, and the moment they spotted a foreign face, some would dash over — notebooks and pens already outstretched — asking for an autograph and a selfie, grinning from ear to ear. I have a picture taken during this moment:…
Actively promoting the reform process of the international financial system to adapt to changes in the global economic landscape is not only essential for advancing the international order toward a more just and equitable direction, but also a reasonable demand of the vast majority of developing countries. On December 27, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), now a World Bank institution, celebrate 80 years since they officially came into existence in late 1945. These institutions became the two main pillars of the…
Conventional wisdom suggests that these days the only really big fight around AI takes place between the US and China and the rest of us are sort of idle observers of this epic struggle. It argues that we can cheer on Washington or Beijing, while enjoying many fascinating features of GPT-4 or of DeepSeek, but the main line of demarcation in the emerging AI space has already been drawn and this space will inevitably be divided between a bunch of omnipotent US and Chinese high-tech giants. Furthermore, geopolitical logic seems…
The US and its ally the UK have launched a series of airstrikes against dozens of Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday, however, the armed group in Yemen who attacked Israel-linked ships that sail through the Red Sea claimed on Sunday that it has not been deterred and vowed to respond. Analysts said the military strikes will only bring more conflicts to the region and before the end of the Gaza crisis, it’s unlikely there will be an end to the Red Sea crisis. Apart from striking Yemen, the US…
The Red Sea, one of the busiest shipping routes for global trade, has been churning since the end of last year. In November 2023, in a show of support for the Palestinians, the Houthis in Yemen launched attacks on ships “linked to Israel” passing through the Red Sea. In the following months, the US and the UK carried out large-scale airstrikes on military targets and infrastructure in Yemen, further escalating tensions in the region. The impact of tensions in the Red Sea is not limited to this region, but has…
Among all the reports on the latest US-China talks in Geneva, one detail stands out: Both sides agree to establish an economic and trade consultation mechanism. While this may seem routine, it represents a sober acknowledgment of recent years marked by confrontation and estrangement. As a Chinese journalist who has been following China-US relations for many years, I witnessed the beginning of the establishment of mechanisms between China and the US in 2002 and 2003. In history, China and the US have developed many dialogue frameworks and specialized working groups…
China on Thursday launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket, placing two new satellites into space. The rocket blasted off at 6:51 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province and sent the pair of satellites, Siwei Gaojing-2 05 and Siwei Gaojing-2 06, into their preset orbit. It was the 634th flight mission of the Long March series rockets. A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying two new satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province on March 26, 2026.…