Robots were the most talked-about characters in China’s biggest TV gala of the year — and the businesses behind them are now in the spotlight.
State television ushered in the lunar new year with comedy sketches, choreography and martial arts performed by humanoid robots.
The companies whose products feature in the annual television special — often a showcase for the latest technology — benefit from exposure and the broader perception that they have the backing of Beijing. Within hours of the broadcast, orders of robot-related products on ecommerce platform JD.com had more than doubled, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley.
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