26 Oct 2025

How China became the world's manufacturing superpower

From Sunday Morning, 10:40 am on 26 October 2025

China is packing technical innovations into their cars - from self-driving software to massage units and facial recognition. The quality of China's manufacturing industry has given cause for concern to Western manufacturers, who are realising that they are being left in the dust when it comes to using automation and robotics. 

Matt Oliver, the Industry Editor for The Telegraph, joins Jim to discuss just how China has side-stepped its cheap "Made in China" reputation to become a global manufacturing powerhouse. 

A series of humanoid robots with blue eyes working on an assembly line in a high-tech manufacturing plant.

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