# China's OpenClaw 'lobster' rush: adoption frenzy gives way to second thoughts

- slug: chinas-openclaw-lobster-rush-adoption-frenzy-gives-way-to-second-thoughts
- date: 2026-03-25
- category: Agentics

When hundreds of people queued outside Tencent's Shenzhen headquarters this month to get OpenClaw installed on their laptops, the scene looked like a product launch.

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