Alex HM Tang

Bridging Cultures. Connecting Worlds.

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@Hurleyj44 @NYCMayor He’s speaking Mamdarin

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@zhusu Mamdarin

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@EnzoVerse7 Gaze or Gays?

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@DiscussingFilm Their names make this sound like an Onion headline. 2 Benedicts 2 Cums

[JR Urbane Network @JRUrbaneNetwork]

The BBC News countdown intro style meme seems to have flared up again this weekend on Chinese social media. One of Nanjing posted yesterday.

[Kyle Chan @kyleichan]

A German couple in Berlin asked me today what languages I speak: German, English…

I said: “…and Chinese.”

The husband said: “I also speak Chinese: B-Y-D.”

[Vestigia Labs @VestigiaLabs]

Japanese robotics engineers tears down Unitree robot. Confirms… “We are years behind.”

Nikkei xTECH recently published a teardown of Unitree Robotics' G1 humanoid robot, leading Japanese engineers to concede that Japan cannot close the robotics gap with China in the short term. The analysis confirmed that Chinese robotics have moved far beyond the "display" phase into highly integrated, mass-producible commercial hardware.

The teardown revealed a brutal cost advantage. The Unitree G1 retails for $13,500 (approx. RMB 85,000), yet its Bill of Materials (BOM) cost is estimated at just RMB 41,600. This yields a gross profit margin of 40.7% for the base model, scaling up to 66.7% for the EDU version. Unitree achieves this by leveraging mature domestic supply chains—including components from DJI and Rockchip—and replacing expensive harmonic drives with self-developed integrated actuator modules costing roughly $140 each.

Unitree shipped over 5,500 humanoid units in 2025, ranking first globally in its category. Japanese analysts note that China’s supply chain maturity allows for rapid component validation and pilot runs that Western and Japanese incumbents currently cannot match.

[Humanoid Robotics Technology @HumanoidRTech]

DEEP Robotics' humanoid DR02 showcased impressive agility with a side flip.

The DR02 is a full-size humanoid robot capable of adapting to complex environments and operating across a wide temperature range of -20°C to 55°C.

Learn more: https://t.co/l7bWKNSbpw

#humanoid #humanoidrobotics #humanoids #humanoidrobot

[Alex HM Tang @alexhmtang]

@Valen10Francois But does this metaphor extend to the USA and China who are either not or are no longer in the competition?

[jacobruh 🚀 @jrxcket]

The Chinese method of catching boosters using the wires is actually kinda cool lmao

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@ianbremmer Don’t Count him out

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@mrkphllps1 Don't count the Count out

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@TheStalwart @danwwang @tracyalloway Fantastic episode as always. Regarding the sinification of Joe’s name, how about just Joe Wei?

[Deirdre Bosa @dee_bosa]

Banning or restricting Chinese models in the US would backfire and cede the global AI ecosystem to Beijing

the new AI paradox: slowing America, speeding China

[Alex HM Tang @alexhmtang]

The axis powers in the World Cup have lost

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

When Baidu and Waymo both have driverless cars in London, I think it's going to be the first time that Google will be going head-to-head against the "Google of China" in the same game and the same market. Exciting moment for tech competition.

[Alex HM Tang @alexhmtang]

@paddypower The underdogs, sorry undercats finally win

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@dunne_insights Are we not going to consider Chery? In London you see Jaecoos and Omodas everywhere

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@pretentiouswhat My steak is too juicy and my lobster too buttery

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@ianbremmer In the UK everyone has to serve as PM, there’s a new one every day