{"id":159262,"date":"2026-10-25T02:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T02:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159262"},"modified":"2026-10-25T02:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T02:00:16","slug":"fandom-vs-flag-why-young-chinese-embrace-japanese-pop-culture-but-reject-war-era-symbols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159262","title":{"rendered":"Fandom vs flag: why young Chinese embrace Japanese pop culture but reject war-era symbols"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostYoung Chinese people enjoy Japanese pop culture such as anime and music, but many draw a firm line at symbols of Japanese militarism.<br \/>\nThat line was tested recently at Moscow State University, where Chinese students confronted a classmate wearing Japan\u2019s rising sun flag in class and called for his repatriation, state-run newspaper Global Times reported on Sunday.<br \/>\nMany countries, including China, view the flag as a symbol of Japanese militarism and aggression. Japan\u2019s Self-Defence Forces still use&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3372036\/fandom-vs-flag-why-young-chinese-embrace-japanese-pop-culture-reject-war-era-symbols\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostYoung Chinese people enjoy Japanese pop culture such as anime and music, but many draw a firm line at symbols of Japanese militarism. That&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\/159262"}],"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=159262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}