{"id":153653,"date":"2026-06-28T04:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T04:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=153653"},"modified":"2026-06-28T04:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T04:00:16","slug":"why-are-chinese-audiences-going-for-korean-musicals-rather-than-western-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=153653","title":{"rendered":"Why are Chinese audiences going for Korean musicals rather than Western shows?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAs the lights dimmed in the Shanghai theatre, the string quartet struck up once more for the encore.<br \/>\nTina Zhang was fully drawn into the psychological thriller, but it was not until after the show that she found out that the musical was originally from South Korea.<br \/>\nZhang, 39, saw the official Chinese adaptation of Interview for the first time last year.<br \/>\n\u201cThe logic was tight, the plot was well-structured and interwoven, and it was genuinely engaging,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nOver the past few years, a number&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3358591\/why-are-chinese-audiences-going-korean-musicals-rather-western-shows?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 PostAs the lights dimmed in the Shanghai theatre, the string quartet struck up once more for the encore. Tina Zhang was fully drawn into&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\/153653"}],"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=153653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=153653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=153653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=153653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}