China’s Purchase of Gaming Designing Companies Could Pose National Security Risks to US: Expert

People play computer games at an internet cafe in Beijing, China, on Sept. 10, 2021, days after Chinese officials summoned gaming enterprises including Tencent and NetEase, the two market leaders in China's multibillion-dollar gaming scene, to discuss further curbs on the industry. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images

China could pose a national security risk to the United States with its escalating purchase of gaming designing companies, warns Anders Corr, publisher of the Journal of Political Risk.

Tencent Holdings Ltd. and NetEase Inc., both Chinese mega-tech companies, have expanded their gaming studios in the United States, Canada, Japan, and France.