China's AI push is running into employment reality
By MLex Staff ( July 15, 2026, 08:17 GMT | Comment) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first appearance at the country’s flagship artificial intelligence conference this week, underscoring the technology’s rising political weight. His keynote in Shanghai comes as Beijing confronts one of the defining contradictions of the AI era: how to embrace a technology that replaces workers while preserving employment as a pillar of social stability.Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first appearance at the country’s flagship artificial intelligence conference this week, underscoring the technology’s rising political weight. His keynote in Shanghai comes as Beijing confronts one of the defining contradictions of the AI era: how to embrace a technology that replaces workers while preserving employment as a pillar of social stability....
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