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Maria Siow

South China Morning Post

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China’s soft power moment has arrived with RedNote’s unexpected global success

The millions of new users who flocked to RedNote ahead of the TikTok ban show that China’s soft power can come in different forms.

24.01.2025 30

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Maria Siow

North Korea strengthens ties with Russia over China in New Year’s diplomatic shift

In the message, Kim extended New Year greetings to Putin and all Russians, including their troops and expressed his willingness to further...

03.01.2025 8

South China Morning Post

Maria Siow

Japan should reach out to North Korea and not just focus on abduction issue

Last month, Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called for the immediate safe return of all the abduction victims at a rally. Ishiba said he...

06.12.2024 10

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Maria Siow

‘Heroic nation’: how North Korea’s troop deployment to Russia is changing attitudes in China

The Chinese public who once derided North Korea as a ‘neighbourhood hooligan’ is now hailing its decision to help Russia in the Ukraine war.

08.11.2024 30

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Maria Siow

Japan’s PM Ishiba set to focus on security ties with South Korea to counter Pyongyang

Shigeru Ishiba’s ‘progressive’ views on thorny historical issues have raised hopes that ties between Japan and South Korea could improve.

11.10.2024 4

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Maria Siow

South Korea’s global baby adoption programme leaves ‘gaping hole’ in adoptee’s heart

China has banned overseas adoptions of locally-born children but South Korea’s international adoption programme is still going on.

13.09.2024 3

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Maria Siow

Olympic gaffes over Chinese names, South Korea show more effort needed in diversity push

Mispronounced Chinese names at the Paris Olympics have become a source of amusement for viewers around the globe.

16.08.2024 4

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Maria Siow

China should look back in history when it comes to chastising Japan, others about aggression

Beijing’s support for communist insurgencies across Southeast Asia was also a major source of aggression.

19.07.2024 3

South China Morning Post

Maria Siow