For the better part of two years, Scaramouche was Li’s confidant, her late-night companion, and the voice that distracted her from her insecurities. He was also, by any technical definition, just ...

“Every time fishermen head out to sea, they have to face the uncertainty of the ocean. When a storm hits — you can only head back to port.” Zhuge Yiyang, an essayist and podcaster better known online ...

Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on how AI is reshaping China’s ultrashort-drama industry. Read part 1. JIANGSU, East China — Chen Hao’s old desktop still has more than 10 ...

Zhuge Yiyang was catapulted to international academic stardom for her viral interview with Christopher Nolan. Now, Chinese social media users say they’ve found evidence she plagiarized others’ works.

China has discontinued the blue exterior lights common to its vehicles equipped with autonomous driving features. The ban, leaked by a car industry blogger on microblogging platform Weibo on July 29, ...

China’s first regulations on AI companion services have taken effect, setting new limits on chatbots designed to simulate emotional bonds with users and barring platforms from offering virtual ...

A man who eats passing trains, a giant with ball-crushing strength, a robot striker with the occasional human smile. On Chinese social media, they are all versions of Erling Haaland, the Norwegian ...

Chinese robotics company UBTech has begun presales for what it calls the world’s “first full-size, ultra-bionic” humanoid robot designed for emotional companionship. Around 3,000 units have been sold ...

FUJIAN, East China — The last family letter Jiang Mingdian wrote crossed the Pacific Ocean. Last June, an elderly woman arrived at his stall in Shishi, a coastal city in eastern China’s Fujian ...

This month, two AI-free productions made by amateur teams have gone viral on the Chinese internet, sparking debate as to whether AI-generated content can replace human-made stories. The eight-episode ...

From the Tang dynasty’s Li Bai (701–762) to the Song dynasty’s Su Shi (1037–1101), China’s ancient poets are staging an unlikely comeback — as pop stars. Famous poets are increasingly listed as ...

China’s National People’s Congress approved the nation’s first Ecological and Environmental Code on Thursday, the final day of the annual Two Sessions political meetings in Beijing. The code, which ...