China’s factories no longer need lights. That’s not a metaphor. Western executives visiting Chinese industrial zones now describe “dark factories” where robots work around the clock without a single human on the floor — a chilling sign of just how far ahead China has moved in manufacturing dominance. Advertisement

In a post that’s sparked wide conversation, Devina Mehra, Founder and CMD of First Global, warns that China has leapfrogged the rest of the world not through cheap labour or subsidies, but through control — of raw materials, of technology, and of fully automated production.

Quoting top Western executives, Mehra writes: “You’re walking alongside this conveyor, and after about 800, 900 metres, a truck drives out. There are no people — everything is robotic.”

Others speak of “da

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