UNITED STATES PERSPECTIVE

American media cover the Zhongguancun Forum with a mix of strategic alarm and technological fascination. The New York Times devotes a detailed article to Chinese humanoid robots, noting that China is 'running the EV playbook on humanoid robots — and it's working.' The parallel with the EV industry, where China supplanted the West in a decade, is presented as a warning.

The Wall Street Journal analyzes implications for Silicon Valley: if China succeeds in its humanoid robot and industrial AI bet, technological decoupling will be infinitely more costly than with semiconductors. Fox News frames the forum as proof that Biden/Trump sanctions are insufficient and China continues to 'steal' American technology.

CNN and the Washington Post take a more nuanced angle, recognizing genuine innovations (brain-computer interfaces, 6G) while highlighting geopolitical risks. The Council on Foreign Relations publishes an analysis calling Chinese humanoid robots a potential 'game changer' of the world order, comparing their future impact to Taiwanese semiconductors.

Coverage is structured by the bipartisan prism: Republicans want more sanctions, Democrats want more domestic R&D investment. But a rare consensus emerges: the technology race with China is the geopolitical challenge of the century.