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Economy & Trade April 20, 2026 303 stories in this edition

Chinese tech giants advance robotics push as sector sees rapid growth

SCMP Asia / Asia / 1m ago / Ben Jiang
Chinese tech giants advance robotics push as sector sees rapid growth

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Chinese Big Tech firms from Huawei Technologies’ spin-off Honor to Alibaba Group Holding are moving to the forefront of the country’s robotics push as Beijing seeks to spur growth in the sector. Honor, which separated from Huawei in 2020 to focus on smartphones and wearables and only expanded into robotics last year, emerged as the surprise gold medal winner at the second Beijing humanoid half-marathon on Sunday, bes...

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Chinese Big Tech firms from Huawei Technologies’ spin-off Honor to Alibaba Group Holding are moving to the forefront of the country’s robotics push as Beijing seeks to spur growth in the sector. Honor, which separated fr...

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