[hearsathought]

> I really hate modern headline writing. I think "Western executives confirm China's massive investment in advanced robotics" would have done everyone a better job.

It's even worse than that. The article shows that the west, on a per capita basis, has nearly 300% the robots that china does. Germany by itself has 449 robots per 10k compared to china's 567 per 10k.

It's not the west that has to catch up to china, it's china that has to catch up to the west when it comes to automation. Like every china related article, the truth is actually the opposite of what "news" companies write.

[em500]

> The article shows that the west, on a per capita basis, has nearly 300% the robots that china does. Germany by itself has 449 robots per 10k compared to china's 567 per 10k.

I think you misunderstand the metrics. The listed numbers are already per capita, adding them together does not increase the per capita number for the aggregate.

[hearsathought]

You are absolutely right. But even so. China's lead isn't as drastic as is portrayed by the article. How many articles are there of "western executives" are shocked after visiting germany?