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> Also, owning some of Western popular culture is a decent geopolitical chip.

Tencent is co-producing the Top Gun sequel, and Maverick's jacket no longer has either the Japanese or Taiwanese flags on the back:

> Maybe it’s not as great as a nuke, but China can use popular video games to raise the next generation of kids to be more friendly to China.

K-pop seems to be helping Korea:

Though they're not a totalitarian state. I think if people get too friendly or sympathetic a couple of articles will bring reality back: