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These Are China’s Biggest Online Games
China’s online game market is breaking sales records year-on-year in the world’s most populous nation. In 2013, this market alone is poised to make over $11 billion, according to Gameindustry.biz. But which are country’s favorite online games? Let’s take a look. Left without a console market due to the exorbitant prices of consoles (and a…
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Screw McNuggets, China Has Spicy McPork Balls
Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt is said to be a big fan of pork. It’s also been said that when Bolt was in Beijing for the 2008 Olympics, he ate nothing but McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets. Now with McDonald’s China introducing the lovechild of pork and McNuggets, maybe Usain Bolt might just come back to China.…
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China’s Answer to Pokémon Is… In Space
Pokémon is huge. The Chinese people love it, I love it. But with the console ban, China hasn’t had any legally translated copies of Pokémon until recently, with the Chinese versions of X and Y. How has China lived without Pokémon? They created their own, in the shape of a free to play online browser…
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Kotaku EastCelebrate Being Single In China By Spending Tons of Money Online
Today, November 11th, is Veterans Day in the good old US of A. But in the far flung part of the world that is China, Nov. 11 stands for something completely different. In China, today is “Singles Day”, a day where people lament and celebrate being single and do so by spending buttloads of money…
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These Are China’s Favourite Homegrown Mobile Games
Mobile games in China are huge — heck, they’re huge everywhere in the world. However, China is probably the only place in the world where the number of players of mobile games will overtake the United States’ whole population. According to a report by Nico Partners, China’s mobile game userbase will top the US population…
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Chinese Players Call Out International DotA Players: China’s The Best
MOBA games are super popular in China right now. Sure, they’re super popular everywhere, but they are particularly popular in China—that’s why, when a netizen asked online what China does better than the US, the most popular answer was Defense of the Ancients Earlier this year, a question appeared on China’s answer to Quora, Zhihu.com,…
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Becoming a Demigod: Tencent’s Asura Online Ascends Chinese MMOs
Journey to the West is a classic Chinese tale that has been retold millions of times. It’s been referenced by a variety of media, from the movie the Forbidden Kingdom to even Dragon Ball. But despite all the awesome adaptations of the main subject, Tencent’s Asura Online might just be the coolest one yet. Released…
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Kotaku EastThe Chinese Gaming Console with the Jackie Chan Seal of Approval
Chinese super star Jackie Chan, singer, dancer, and all around movie star, has endorsed loads of products in his lifetime, and will probably endorse many more to come. Recently in China, Chinese netizens have been going over some of Chan’s earlier product endorsements, including one that should’ve been banned. While the game console ban has…
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China’s Radiation Masks Sure Make Computer Work Interesting
Due to dodgy air quality, a good face mask is a must have accessory for residing China. While air-pollution masks are more and more common outdoors in China, another sort of mask is turning heads indoors: computer radiation face masks. Called “fang fushe mian ju” (防辐射面具), the radiation prevention masks, unlike air-pollution masks, are are…
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A Teenage Chairman Mao Gets His Own Animated Film
This December will mark the 120 anniversary of Mao Zedong’s birthday. To celebrate and honor the birth of The Chairman, China is putting out an animated feature film detailing Mao’s younger years. This new “anime” will be the first of it’s kind to detail Mao’s youth. This project has received government approval. Titled, Shaoshan Youths:…
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Rhythm Master Is a Peek into Chinese Pop
While games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band might be going to the way of last gen, rhythm music games are ever popular in Asia, especially when the games are made for mobile. Tencent’s Rhythm Master game is especially popular in China, where the game has been consistently topping the charts in app rankings since…
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China Working To “Fix” Internet Addiction, Whatever That Means
The verdict on internet addiction as an real disorder in the West has yet to come. But in China, internet addiction is treated like a real thing. That’s why China’s Ministry of Culture is looking for a way to combat it. Over the weekend, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture’s Business department, Tuo…
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Kotaku EastChinese Dude Made a Robot Roommate
D.I.Y. robot maker Tao Xiangli churns out incredible creations. Bless him. Tao, in his late 30s, first became famous online in China in 2008 with his homemade submarine. Tao had created a working submarine from scrap metal. Most recently, Tao revealed a homemade robot that he started working on in 2010. As noted by Vice,…
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One of China’s Best Anime Spans Five Films
Every 333 years a disaster is born onto the world of man and beast. In this fictional world, this disaster is known as “Kuiba.” In our world, this disaster is probably one of the best domestically produced Chinese animations in ages. Originally released in Chinese theaters in 2011, Kuiba and was touted as the one…
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Angry Birds Theme Park Opens in China
The Angry Birds theme park had long been in the works. Rovio’s been angling to create a theme park in China since 2011. After years of planning, the park was finally officially opened to the public last week. There was a soft opening, with the park being open to the public for the latter part…
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Check Out China’s Ridiculous Guidelines For Chinese Travelers
Overtaking obnoxious American tourists as the most annoying tourists in certain parts of the world, Chinese tourists now have a guideline to follow when they travel. Certainly, not all are bad, but sadly, the travel guidelines listed by the Chinese government for its people to travel by are nothing short of ridiculous. While Chinese golden…
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Tropic Cola? That Makes Me Angry… Angry Birds Angry!
The merchandising geniuses at Rovio are back again. This time around, instead of incredibly weird meats and Star Wars-themed video games, the fine folks that make Angry Birds have now released a series of Angry Birds Colas. Originally sold and marketed in Finland and Europe, Angry Birds soda has been showing up slowly around the…
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The Short Life Of The PS2 In China
China’s game console ban might finally be lifted, so it’s a good time to look back at the case study that was the PlayStation 2. During the course of the 13 year-old console ban, the one home console that was allowed to be sold, albeit for just a short time, was the PlayStation 2. The…
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The Future of Gaming in China, According to an Industry Veteran
Richard Tsao has had his fair share of interesting stories about China. Tsao, who headed up Ubisoft’s Chengdu office, will be leaving China for personal reasons; but even as he leaves the Middle Kingdom, Tsao says China’s game industry is still the place to be. In 2007, Tsao started Ubisoft’s Chengdu office with the goal…
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China Lifts Their Console Ban… But with Strings Attached
You’ve probably heard that China has a video game console ban. Over the last year, there have been rumors that the 13 year-old ban would be lifted—and last Friday evening, a sneaky online posting by the Chinese government seems to have confirmed that the ban has indeed been lifted. This past July, the State Council…
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