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Embodied A.I. Deployment in China Races Ahead

On Saturday, Beijing hosted the world’s first half-marathon in which humans competed alongside humanoid robots. Among the 21 robots to compete, six completed the race, and the winning robot required several battery changes to...

Who Can Begrudge the Ordinary Chinese Their Joy?

As New York Times journalist John F. Burns watched the Olympics, he recalled a marathon he ran in Beijing in 1973: The runners will gather, as we did, under the gaze of Mao’s portrait on the great vermilion gate guarding...

Chinese Woman Won London Marathon – BBC

From BBC News Zhou Chunxiu became the first Chinese woman to win the London Marathon. In testing, warm conditions, the 28-year-old broke away from Lornah Kiplagat and Gete Wami after 22 miles. Zhou won in a time of two hours, 21 minutes and 38 seconds with Wami second and Romanian Constantina Tomescu-Dita coming through well […]

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