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In China, You Can Pay Girls To Play Video Games With You

In many parts of Asia there is a job called “beer companion”. Its exactly as it’s name implies. Young women working for a bar or a beer company dress in relatively skimpy outfits to drink with and to entertain bar guests. It seems this type of service is now moving towards the video game world in China. In China, there are now video game companions.


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Man Claims Internet Addiction, Calls Police On Himself After Internet Cafe Binge

Internet addiction is a controversial subject. Some experts say it’s a real thing, others say it’s not. Regardless of the science behind it, one Chinese man took it very seriously. So much so, that he called the cops on himself.


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Xbox Live, Live In China… Sort Of

Last Friday, reports showed up that Xbox Live in China was giving out digital copies of Assassins Creed III. A few hours after that, images of other games had begun showing up on the website, games with domestic pricing. It seems that Xbox Live is now live in China.


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Reports In China Say Two More Foxconn Workers Jumped

Foxconn, the manufacturing arm of the Taiwanese Hon Hai Precision Industrial is once again caught in the centre of media attention in China. Over the weekend, reports appeared saying that two workers had jumped off a building at Foxconn’s Shenzhen plant.


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China Unimpressed By Resident Evil: Retribution

Resident Evil: Retribution was released late last year. The movie, shot completely in 3D and in 4K resolution, had some pretty awesome special effects. It made a decent amount of money in most of its release markets, but despite all the money it made, Chinese moviegoers seem to be unhappy with the movie. They were unhappy with the movie’s special effects and, most importantly, Ada Wong.


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Chinese Teen Pretends Life Is League Of Legends

Video games are great for relieving tension and stress; sometimes playing is like a great escape from reality. However, for some people, it’s hard to return back to reality after a long gaming session. One young man in China took his love for League of Legends a little too far.


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Hong Kong Resident Uses Social Media To Catch iPhone Thief

Having been the victim of mobile phone theft, I’ve dreamed of catching the thief. Unfortunately, when I lost my phone, technology wasn’t as impressive as it is today. Over the weekend, a Hong Kong resident had his iPhone 5 stolen, but with the help of social media and the internet, he was able to get his phone back and close a phone-stealing case.


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Kid Spends All Of His Dad’s WoW Gold On Pets

One of the new phrases this year in China is that property is hard to protect. Well, it seems that goes for virtual property too. Last week, a gamer in China posted on the World of Warcraft forums about how he almost lost all of his hard-earned WoW gold in the blink of an eye.


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Horribly Racist Arcade Machines Are Nothing New In China

Earlier today, Rocket News 24, a Japanese news site, uploaded photos of an arcade machine spotted in Myanmar. The arcade machine at first glance looks pretty much like every cheap arcade game out there — however, upon closer inspection, one can see that it’s horribly racist towards the Japanese.


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Meet WarStorm, The Unreal Engine 3 FPS Created By One Chinese Guy

The Chinese blogosphere is abuzz with excitement over a demo for a new single player first-person shooter. That’s right, there is a lot of buzz for a demo. So what exactly makes this demo so exciting for Chinese players? It’s a domestically made FPS, done by a one man studio over the course of one summer.


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