Machine/Learning

machine/learning

Inside China’s Robot Training Factory: Where Humanoids Learn to Work

Visual stories that get up close and personal with contemporary China. A mix of short videos, documentaries, photography, and data visualization.

MULTIMEDIA

Lü Xiao

Wu Huiyuan 

In China’s New Livestream Factories, Bodies, Data, and Dreams Collide

Articles that cut to the core of contemporary China. In-depth, informed, and carefully crafted, every piece is carried by the voices of the story’s participants.

FEATURES

With idol reality shows off the air, group livestreams have filled the void, where dancers perform in rotating squads as viewers send gifts and even pay to control the show.

He Qitong

Why Painting the Sky With Drones Is Now an Official Job in China

China’s Drone Training Boom Takes Off

In China’s Factory Belt, Workers Race to Survive the Robot Era

A nationwide reskilling push aims to prepare industrial workers for automation, but the pace of change is testing both people and institutions.

Fan Yiying

Chen Yongyi

China’s Next-Gen TV Anchors Hustle for a Job AI Is Already Doing

The growing use of AI in television broadcasting is forcing China’s top journalism schools to reconsider what skills still set human anchors apart.