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Gamers Beware: The CCP Is Coming for You

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Gamers Beware: The CCP Is Coming for You
People play computer games at an internet cafe in Beijing on Sept. 10, 2021. Chinese officials summoned gaming enterprises including Tencent and NetEase, the two market leaders in China's multi-billion-dollar gaming scene, to discuss further curbs on the industry. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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Tencent Holdings and NetEase Inc.—both Chinese mega-tech companies deeply involved in gaming design and distribution—were hit hard over the past year and a half. Arbitrary rule in Beijing, decoupling, and a downturn in tech stocks walloped them, along with other Chinese companies that lost trillions of dollars from market selloffs.

Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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