{"id":146568,"date":"2026-02-21T22:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T22:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146568"},"modified":"2026-02-21T22:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T22:00:14","slug":"k-pops-big-freeze-are-cracks-in-chinas-cultural-blockade-a-thaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146568","title":{"rendered":"K-pop\u2019s big freeze: are cracks in China\u2019s cultural blockade a thaw?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostWhile K-pop has conquered almost every corner of the globe, South Korea\u2019s entertainment industry remains largely locked out of the Chinese market due to a geopolitical chill that has lingered for a decade.<br \/>\nChina unofficially banned South Korean entertainment products in 2016 after Seoul deployed the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defence system (THAAD) despite Beijing\u2019s objections. K-pop concerts were cancelled, South Korean dramas disappeared from Chinese streaming platforms, and South Korean&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3344205\/k-pops-big-freeze-are-cracks-chinas-cultural-blockade-thaw?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 PostWhile K-pop has conquered almost every corner of the globe, South Korea\u2019s entertainment industry remains largely locked out of the Chinese market due to&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\/146568"}],"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=146568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}