{"id":5983,"date":"2026-01-20T12:48:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2026\/?p=5983"},"modified":"2026-02-03T14:02:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:32:42","slug":"julian-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2026\/julian-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Julian Song"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium has-custom-border is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--1\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"5984\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2026\/julian-song\/julian-song\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/01\/Julian-Song.png?fit=1920%2C1957&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1957\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0px\">Julian Song<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center Cusotm_Organizer_Team has-contrast-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-45d5a8095f1ed82819a86896cc0bf3ba\">Community<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wca26_profile_links is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d8d1873b wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:28px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized flagimage cont-flag-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" data-attachment-id=\"2967\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2026\/organizer\/jhilik-kabir\/flag-my\/\" 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