Chinese automaker XPENG just announced that the first mass-produced unit of its robotaxi has rolled off the production line in Guangzhou, China. Following in Tesla’s footsteps, these cars use pure-camera vision and AI, meaning no LiDAR or radar. They claim they’re the first automaker in China to achieve mass production of a Robotaxi developed entirely through full-stack, in-house technology. XPENG is targeting a fully-driverless service by early 2027. People say Tesla is crazy for going pure camera vision, but Chinese companies are now following suit. Just the beginning.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin will exchange views on bilateral ties, cooperation in various fields, as well as international and regional issues of mutual interest, during Putin's upcoming visit to China, a spokesperson said on Monday. Putin will pay a state visit to China from May 19 to 20 at the invitation of Xi. This will be President Putin's 25th visit to China, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a regular news briefing. "The two sides will take this visit as an opportunity to continue to promote the development of China-Russia relations to a higher level, which will inject greater stability and positive energy into the world," Guo said.

Chinese scientists have successfully cloned six super high-yield dairy goats in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, marking the country's first successful batch cloning of such animals and a major breakthrough in dairy goat breeding technology. The cloning project was led by a research team from the Northwest A&F University. The cloned goats, four males and two females, were bred from elite high-yield Saanen donors with an average annual milk yield exceeding 2,800 kilograms, Wang Xiaolong, head of the research team, said on Thursday. #ChinaTech#