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“China’s K-pop moment”: Wukong’s global success sparks government embrace of video games as soft power

Move over, pandas. Chinese state media and policymakers have crowned a new cultural “magic weapon,” a soft power export that’s being received enthusiastically around the world. This magic weapon? It’s a video game.

https://restofworld.org/2024/wukong-china-gaming-strategy/