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Video Game Might be China’s Next Biggest Cultural Export

Phenny Lynn Palec   |

Jul 12, 2016 04:45 PM EDT

When Tencent announced its acquisition of the Finnish video game developer, Supercell for a record-breaking $8.6 billion, the Chinese tech giant instantly became the world's biggest publisher and distributor in the gaming market which is worth $100 billion. Following the acquisition. Considering the scope of the two companies, many market analysts agree that video games are poised to become China's biggest cultural export.