China gaming crackdown: freeze on new video game licences extends into 2022 as 14,000 gaming-related firms shut down

A previous version of this story said 140,000 gaming-related firms shut down from July to December 2021 and 180,000 in 2020. The actual numbers were 14,000 and 18,000, respectively.

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