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China approves new online games as crackdown eases

Beijing gives go-ahead for first time in nine months in boost to hard-hit providers like Tencent and Bilibili

Chinese regulators have approved new online games for the first time in nine months, in the first signs the government was easing its crackdown on the previously burgeoning sector.

China’s biggest tech companies, including gaming giant Tencent, have come under heavy regulatory scrutiny over the past two years as the Communist party sought to overhaul the private sector, a move which saw billions wiped off their collective market v