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![]() Maria SiowSouth China Morning Post |
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.
In the message, Kim extended New Year greetings to Putin and all Russians, including their troops and expressed his willingness to further...
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...
The Chinese public who once derided North Korea as a ‘neighbourhood hooligan’ is now hailing its decision to help Russia in the Ukraine war.
Shigeru Ishiba’s ‘progressive’ views on thorny historical issues have raised hopes that ties between Japan and South Korea could improve.
China has banned overseas adoptions of locally-born children but South Korea’s international adoption programme is still going on.
Mispronounced Chinese names at the Paris Olympics have become a source of amusement for viewers around the globe.
Beijing’s support for communist insurgencies across Southeast Asia was also a major source of aggression.