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Humanoid robots show rapid advances as they race past humans in Beijing half marathon
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The Guardian
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Winning robot runs faster time than Jacob Kiplimo’s world record
More than 100 robots run in parallel tracks to avoid collisions with humans
They can already carry the shopping, cook and clean. Now they can run and win half marathons.
In perhaps the most unusual spectacle ever seen at the end of the 13.1-mile (21.1km) race, robots flew over the finish line ahead of the humans for the first time in Beijing on Sunday. And there wasn’t a bead of sweat in sight.
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Humanoid robots race past humans in Beijing half-marathon – video
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The Guardian
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Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism as they whizzed past human runners in a half-marathon race in Beijing on Sunday. The robots and humans ran in parallel tracks to avoid collisions. The winning robot, developed by Honor, a well-known Chinese smartphone maker, finished the race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, several minutes faster than the world record set by Jacob Kiplimo last month in Lisbon, though the humanoid had to be helped back up just...
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Watch: Runners v robots at China half marathon
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BBC News
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Robots competed in a half marathon race in Beijing on Sunday, with the winning machine leaving its human rivals for dust.
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New Roots: Chinese American leaders build community and opportunity on Staten Island
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Bing
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 5-year Estimates, Staten Island was home to 13,018 Chinese residents in 2014. By 2024, that number had nearly tripled to 38,430.
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Chinese carmaker patents voice-controlled 'in-vehicle toilet'
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BBC News
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Seres' plans show how stiff competition in the EV space is putting pressure on carmakers to innovate.
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Why China Isn’t Pushing Iran to Accept U.S. Demands to End War
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New York Times
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Despite the economic risks from the war, Beijing will likely stick to a hands-off approach. It is wary of being entangled in a conflict it opposed and has little sway over.
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China’s G.D.P. Stronger Than Expected, Led by Infrastructure Spending
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New York Times
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A steep slide in housing prices has left consumers less prosperous and less willing to spend, but the government is pouring money into new rail lines and other projects.
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Xi Alludes to Trump’s Policies to Make a Case for Closer Ties to Vietnam
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New York Times
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China used a visit by the Vietnamese leader to show a deepening of security ties that analysts say far outpaces U.S. defense ties in the region.
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Blades of the Guardians review – swords to the fore in martial arts master Yuen Woo-ping’s wuxia heaven
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The Guardian
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Impressive film is full of exquisite fight scenes and action-movie stalwarts who overcome a ridiculously tangled plot
Recently becoming the most successful wuxia film of all time at the Chinese box office, Blades of the Guardians offers a duly impressive spectacle, chock-full of epic set-pieces that lean more on physical effects than CGI, and of course lashings of exquisitely choreographed fight scenes mostly using – as the title suggests – swords.
One wouldn’t expect anything else,...
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After Fighting for the Rights of Workers, Brazil’s President Lula Faces a Labor Abuse Crisis
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New York Times
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The dismissal of Brazil’s top labor inspector has landed the leftist government of President Lula, a former union leader, in an awkward spot.
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