China’s Flatter Bond Curve Shows Deeper Policy Divide With Peers

In China, on 19 August 2026, the humanoid robot maker Unitree Robotics made its stock market debut. Der Spiegel reports a share price gain of more than 600%, and El País a jump of more than 450% in what it calls a historic debut.

Bloomberg describes it as China's first humanoid robot IPO, which had investors in a frenzy, and the Wall Street Journal writes that the company soared in its market debut despite a US ban.