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Spring Festival: How Beijing uses the New Year Gala as a soft-power stage

The Year-of-the-Horse New Year Gala delivers a cascade of robot and AI performances. In a show of force, China’s state broadcaster invokes technological strength and pride in “made in China.”

Leonardo Pape, Fabian Peltsch
16. February 2026
Robots from the Hangzhou company Unitree performed together with the Nantagou Martial Arts Academy – and stole the show from the human acrobats.

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Last updated: 16. February 2026

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