American depictions of technology/aliens as an analogue for "the Far East"

I've always felt a kind of identification with robots and aliens in American media. Having lived as an "alien" in the US, it's very glaringly a parallel of how the west sees east Asians and particularly Chinese society after the Red scare.

The Sinitic caricature has been projected onto depictions of robots and aliens: hyperintelligent, emotionally and creatively empty, uncaring to human suffering, power hungry and expansionist. Science (seen as an Asian pursuit and often represented by Asian faces in movies and TV) is similarly demonized in America. I know when I watch sci-fi, the brave Americans under the boot of aliens or technology are Not Asian. To the west, we are the Other, the order of cold metal seeking to overtake them. Sympathetic and curious/neutral portrayals of aliens, robots, and other such "others" are very appealing to me. It's silly but I like star wars for that and the planet of the apes reboot series. Also that movie (forgot what it's called) where the aliens weren't hostile and spoke in symbols (although ofc they had to portray Eastern countries as warmongering).

Am I crazy for thinking this? Please share, I'm very interested to see what you guys think! I'd also like to hear what media that isn't explicitly about race speaks to you as an Asian american