https://www.scmp.com/rss/330787/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Beth Harmon has nothing on Hou Yifan, China’s child chess prodigy. First of all, Harmon, the star of Netflix’s hit show The Queen’s Gambit, is a fictional character, while Hou is very much a real person.  Hou was born on February 27, 1994, into a typical Chinese family in Xinghua, a city in the eastern province of Jiangsu. Like many younger siblings, she first got pushed towards chess when she wanted to play with her older brothers and sisters, who had taken up Chinese checkers. She asked them... https://www.scmp.com/society/meet-chinas-answer-queens-gambit/article/3108814?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/meet-chinas-answer-queens-gambit/article/3108814?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Nov 2020 11:30:17 +0000 An obscure smartphone game called Party.io has become a sudden hit in China, thanks to viral videos of users playing the game on the video-sharing app TikTok. The battle royale-style game is now the most-downloaded free game in China for Apple users, surpassing previous leaders like PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. In Party.io, players control dough-like figures that try to grab each other and throw each other off the arena, which can range from floating houses to hot air balloons and a birthday... https://www.scmp.com/culture/video-game-about-throwing-people-roofs-huge-hit-china/article/3000436?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/video-game-about-throwing-people-roofs-huge-hit-china/article/3000436?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:05:24 +0000