Comment by yorwba

China didn't pass a law forbidding companies from replacing workers with AI. There was an unfair termination lawsuit that has been misconstrued as such http://english.scio.gov.cn/m/chinavoices/2026-04/30/content_... but it was applying existing law. If they had followed the provisions of Article 41 (3) of the Labor Contract Law https://english.court.gov.cn/2015-08/17/c_761484_6.htm which explicitly authorizes layoffs if "The enterprise changes its line of production, introduces a major technological updating or adjusts its business method, and, after modification of the labor contracts, still needs to reduce its personnel," there would have been no problem.