Kai-Fu Lee on how covid spurs China’s great robotic leap forward
4 years, 6 months ago

Kai-Fu Lee on how covid spurs China’s great robotic leap forward

The Economist  

By Kai-Fu Lee DURING THE SARS crisis almost 20 years ago, shops in Beijing were completely closed. Amid the covid-19 crisis, JD.com managed a 20% spike in sales with the help of a new, automated warehouse that can process more than 1.5m orders a day. The Chinese economy is undergoing a great robotic leap forward, as it removes human touch-points—literally—in its operations. That’s true for blue-collar jobs in health care, food service, delivery, manufacturing, logistics, transport and education.

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Drones. Disinfecting robots. ‘Contactless’ deliveries. The coronavirus outbreak is a test for China’s tech industry
4 years, 10 months ago

Drones. Disinfecting robots. ‘Contactless’ deliveries. The coronavirus outbreak is a test for China’s tech industry

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN Business — China has spent decades nurturing its tech sector. Tech is also the linchpin of Beijing’s “Made in China 2025” initiative, a plan to shift the economy from manufacturing to high-tech sectors. As China now fights the coronavirus, technology won’t be the “dominating factor” that stops the outbreak, according to Danny Mu, a Beijing-based analyst of …

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