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The DeanBeat: Will China rule the world of gaming?

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Disclosure: The organizers of ChinaJoy paid my way to Shanghai. Our coverage remains objective.

SHANGHAI — When I was riding the Maglev train in this city, I couldn’t help but think how far advanced China was compared to the U.S. The train goes up to 268 miles per hour, and it gets you to Pudong airport 18 miles away in just 7 minutes and 20 seconds. It is a wonder of the modern world, and a symbol of how the Chinese business and tech revolution seems like it is leaving us in the dust.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.