China’s geoeconomic warfare on Hello Kitty

SANRIO, the company behind the popular “Hello Kitty” character, was forced to terminate its partnership with a television series produced by the Tokyo Broadcasting System. Apparently, China was unhappy with recent episodes of the espionage drama “Vivant” that depict Chinese intelligence agents torturing Japanese spi…

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