Opinion | The world is getting smaller, at least culturally

Opinion | The world is getting smaller, at least culturally

At the heart of the ongoing reversal of globalisation lies a deficit of political trust. Despite the continued logical appeal of globalisation, geopolitical tensions and concerns about national security and employment are fuelling tariffs and sanctions, as well as artificially inflating the cost of trade. Meanwhile, at the people-to-people level, flights between China and the … Read more

Black Myth: Wukong’s popularity brings unexpected windfall, fame to low-profile developer

Black Myth: Wukong’s popularity brings unexpected windfall, fame to low-profile developer

Feng’s obsession with Wukong, the Monkey King character from the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, started as early as his stint at Tencent, the world’s largest video gaming company by revenue. There he was a core member of the development team on a project called Asura, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based … Read more

Chinese gaming giants Tencent, NetEase to release new titles back to back in sign of intensified rivalry

Chinese gaming giants Tencent, NetEase to release new titles back to back in sign of intensified rivalry

Chinese tech giants Tencent Holdings and NetEase announced back-to-back new title releases, in a sign of intensified competition among the country’s top two video gaming publishers, as other Big Tech firms throw in the towel. NetEase, the country’s second-largest online gaming firm, plans to release about a dozen new games next week, including titles in … Read more