China’s Lunar New Year Gala featured humanoid robots performing kung fu, parkour and dance routines, with viral videos showcasing the country’s rapid advances in robotics and automation.

A group of humanoid robots teamed up with young Kung Fu artists for a thrilling martial arts performance at the 2026 Spring Festival Gala in Beijing on Monday. The dynamic display featured robots and human masters executing a series of impressive,

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BEIJING — The Lunar New Year is coming, and China is on the move

Comparisons and competitiveness among employees have been around as long as there have been workplaces. But those frictions are taking fresh shape as the use of artificial intelligence and robotics starts to spread through businesses.

More than half of jobs in manufacturing and transportation could be automated over the next 20 years, according to Oxford Economics.

Gilroy;'>TECHNOLOGY is reshaping industries, societies, work, leisure, and life itself. Until the recent past, artificial intelligence and robots were just an imaginative concept from science fiction — perhaps like the movie concept of apes with intelligence superior to humans.

China’s birth rate has hit a historic low – deepening fears of a major economic shock in the decades to come as the country’s massive labor force dwindles and its population of pension-drawing retirees swells.

People are celebrating the Lunar New Year with prayers, fireworks and street festivals for the Year of the Horse.