In 1949 the defeated Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan, and brought over most of China's cultural icons. If these were sited near key targets, it might deter a physical attack, ...

China’s global ambitions are no longer confined to infrastructure megaprojects or its booming trade networks. The country has found an unlikely but effective tool for soft power: video games.

China's J-36, a sixth-generation fighter jet with advanced stealth features and a tailless design, has conducted its maiden flight over Chengdu. The jet's debut coincided with significant ...

Jeopardy! has been given a second broadcasting home for 2025. The popular game show will be airing re-runs of season 39 hosted by Ken Jennings on the Game Show Network (GSN). This will include the ...

China has become one of the world's largest markets for e-sports. Its teams participate in the top tier of international competitions, despite state media once dubbing video games "spiritual opium".

China unleashed a stimulus blitz on September 24, jolting the markets to try to reverse the previously downbeat narrative on the world's second-largest economy. Right from the start, skeptics said ...

China approved 122 domestic and 13 foreign video games in December, bringing the total number of licensed titles to more than 1,400 this year, the highest since 2019. On Tuesday, the National ...

As a result, Korean games have obtained a total of 10 licenses in China this year. With the reopening of the world's largest gaming market, interest in the domestic gaming industry is growing.

The eyes of hundreds of basketball fans awaiting the start of an NBA game in the United States were suddenly yanked away from their cellphones when some 30 Chinese women on the floor — all dressed in ...

China’s video game licensing authority, the National Press and Publication Administration, approved more than 1,400 titles last year – including 1,306 domestic games and 110 from foreign ...

China knows how to provoke its neighbours when they least expect it. Just weeks after India and China were believed to have resolved, at the highest level, the four-and-a-half-year-old standoff in ...