Hello TWOC readers!

People in China love games—the Olympic ones in full swing right now, but also the kind you can play with a controller sitting in your living room. China has a long history of gaming consoles worth revisiting! This and more are in July’s newsletter.

Read on to know more about:

• Chinese athletes to watch at the Paris Olympics
• The misunderstood history of Chinese video game consoles
• Recent pushback against invasive female sexual health exams

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Olympic Hopes

TWOC editors have rounded up a list of Chinese athletes you’ll want to keep an eye on at the Paris Olympics. Read more

Little Tyrants

From the early Pong-clones to the iconic “Little Tyrant” hybrid play/study machines, we revisit the (misunderstood) history of Chinese video game consoles and the culture they shaped. Read more

Speculum Pushback

Chinese women are speaking up about pain and shame on the gynecologist’s table. Read more

What We’re Playing

Exhausted Man (Candleman Games)

Ever feel so tired from work that you can barely move? That’s what the long-awaited Exhausted Man by critically acclaimed Chinese indie developer Candleman Games is all about—a quirky new entry into the physics puzzle genre that is fun to play and cleverly satirizes the white-collar grind familiar to many of us.

Chinese You Need

Shanghai-based American influencer Paul Mike Ashton’s meme “city不city啊 (city bù city a)” became so viral on the Chinese internet that even China’s Foreign Ministry is paying attention! How city are you? Find out and join the conversation with our latest language column.

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