Modern China: Exploring the Role of Technology in Everyday Life

From AI-generated films gaining ground in China’s movie industry to the looming possiibility of corporate roles being replaced by artifical intellignece in the near future, technology has become an unavoidable and deeply embedded part of modern China.

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