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Dear You is capturing hearts and wallets across SE Asia. Now that it is successful the soft-powers that be cannot help themselves. Douglas Montgomery's Straits Times op-ed examines why Dear You, a US$2 million Teochew-language film, became China's biggest soft-power success in years — precisely because Beijing wasn't visibly involved. Drawing on cases from Wolf Warrior 2 to Ne Zha 2, he argues the qualities that make stories travel — ambiguity, criticism, emotional honesty —

Japanese anime has high potential in Saudi Arabia

Global Connects to participate with Filosophia's Tetsu Fujimura at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Tokyo

US - move fast and breakthings, China - copy fast and make it cheaper, Japan? Follow the rules. https://asia.nikkei.com/opinion/japan-s-advantage-in-the-ai-era-credibility-that-travels