BBC reported: "At the annual CCTV Spring Festival Gala in China, humanoid robots competed with human martial arts masters on stage, demonstrating high-difficulty stunts, including backflips. In this must-watch TV gala for Chinese families on New Year's Eve, a large number of robot elements were integrated, which is seen as reflecting Beijing's strategic ambition to lead in humanoid robots and future manufacturing."
Comment: Western media acknowledge China's impressive progress in humanoid robots and advanced manufacturing, yet they habitually guide the narrative toward "strategic ambitions," interpreting a popular, joyous Spring Festival Gala program that showcases technological vitality as one related to geopolitical competition and strategic intent.
In fact, the appearance of robots at the Spring Festival Gala is a natural manifestation of China's technological development at a certain stage, an era change that the people can see and feel, both cool and full of traditional New Year charm. Western media often over-interpret China's normal industrial upgrading and technological innovation as "ambitions," which reflects their complex attitude toward China's development — unable to ignore it, yet unwilling to view it with a normal perspective.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1857443314318347/
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