Chinese workers lose jobs to AI as government accelerates automation deployment
Chinese workers are losing jobs to artificial intelligence as the government accelerates AI deployment across the country. Taxi driver Yao Xinnong's wages fell 40% after Baidu's driverless Apollo Go launched in Wuhan in 2022. Gig workers now comprise 44% of China's workforce, and robotaxis threaten millions more livelihoods amid an increasingly fragile labor market.
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Published 31 Jul 2026, 02:22 UTC · Updated 31 Jul 2026, 09:20 UTC
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