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.

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, ...

With Chinese New Year coming in hot, it’s time to prepare yourself for those day-long reunions and visits to relatives and friends. While dining and chatting are the typical activities to partake in ...

Chinese scientists claim to have obtained key parameters of the US military’s latest stealth anti-ship missile and applied them to a warfare simulation. Boasting unparalleled realism, the ...

Papergames, a Chinese game developer focused on female-targeted mobile games, gained over RMB seven billion ($0.95 billion) in revenue across all platforms in 2024, nearly five times the revenue of ...

Chinese children will be limited to a total video game playing time of about 15 hours during their month-long winter school holiday, under strict rules designed to prevent them becoming addicted ...

President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have discussed trade, fentanyl and TikTok in a phone call Friday, ...

BEIJING-In China's take on Squid Game, fraudsters are preying on the financially ... Unlike the dystopian South Korean TV series, which returns to the small screen for a second season on Dec ...

Lingering in bed until lunchtime or staying up late to play mobile games is becoming far too common among young Chinese students. But the recent case of a 13-year-old schoolboy in Hangzhou takes ...

China has ramped up military activity close to democratically governed Taiwan in recent years, including massing naval forces around the island this month. The new game, titled “2045”, tasks ...

New restrictions introduced by Chinese regulators will apply during the winter vacation period, starting in mid-January and lasting until February 14 — during this month, local children will be ...

Similar to the popular South Korean TV series Squid Game, fraudsters in China are eyeing people who are struggling financially amid a slumping economy by promising prize money, debt restructuring ...