‘They don’t need people’: the workers left behind by China’s robot drive

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China is aggressively shifting from low-end manufacturing towards advanced technologies such as automation and AI, raising concerns about the displacement of tens of millions of workers. This transformative economic pivot poses significant societal and labor market challenges ahead.

Tens of millions of workers may fall by the wayside as the country pivots away from low-end manufacturing toward advanced technology, from automation to AI.