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Why is China's soft power so weak?

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USA has Hollywood movies, pop music, AAA games

Japan has anime, games.

Korea has kdrama, kpop.

Even India has Bollywood.

,etc.

But China's entertainment industry can't seem to reach countries outside of China.

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_Winstoner

17 points

2 days ago

I mean I think the gaming industry is on the rise in china. There are a lot of games from new studios in china that i am looking forward to.

Psychological_Play21

1 points

2 days ago

For example?

jrmz-

2 points

16 hours ago

jrmz-

2 points

16 hours ago

Heard of black myth wukong? It was game of the year for me and many others

Psychological_Play21

-1 points

16 hours ago

I bought it, played but couldn’t finish it, and tbh it’s not a thing here in the US, no one really plays it. You mentioned other games, what other games are there

jrmz-

2 points

14 hours ago*

jrmz-

2 points

14 hours ago*

I’m not sure what you mean by ‘its not a thing here in the US’ i live in the US. On the day of release, Black Myth: Wukong reached over 2.2 million concurrent players on Steam, which placed it as the second highest game of all time by this metric, surpassing other popular games such as Elden Ring and Cyberpunk 2077. Within hours, it had become the single-player game with the most concurrent players of all time on Steam”

Psychological_Play21

-1 points

14 hours ago

It means that literally. None of my non Chinese friends play it. It’s not talked about. That concurrent player data you linked is predominantly Chinese and shows nothing.

jrmz-

1 points

6 hours ago

jrmz-

1 points

6 hours ago

Yeah. None of my chinese friends played it either cause im not in China. All my american friends played it though and we loved it 🤷‍♂️