More than 500 robots battled it out at a special Beijing sports event that involved teams from 16 countries, including Japan, providing a peek at China's advances in humanoid robots.

Failing to take the robotics race seriously means watching Beijing set the rules of the automated economy, and risks leaving American power to rust.

OTA Agoda announced that the city in Asia with the most repeat travelers in the first half of 2025 was Bangkok, followed by ...