{"id":145790,"date":"2026-02-08T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145790"},"modified":"2026-02-08T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T12:00:08","slug":"a-very-chinese-time-how-memes-are-paving-the-way-for-a-soft-power-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145790","title":{"rendered":"A very Chinese time? How memes are paving the way for a soft power shift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostDrinking hot water, eating warm congee and dressing in red to pray for good luck are daily rituals shared by social media users across the globe who have embraced a new lifestyle trend, declaring: \u201cYou met me at a very Chinese time in my life.\u201d<br \/>\nThe phrase has been popularised over the past year by influencers on TikTok and Instagram who post themselves performing stereotypically Chinese activities.<br \/>\nThe trend reflects a positive shift in how China, or \u201cChineseness\u201d, is perceived globally.<br \/>\nThis&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3342819\/very-chinese-time-how-memes-are-paving-way-soft-power-shift?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostDrinking hot water, eating warm congee and dressing in red to pray for good luck are daily rituals shared by social media users across&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145790"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}