Chinese video game equipment exports to Russia surging

Chinese video game equipment exports to Russia surging

Photo taken in Beijing on May 8, 2025, shows a signboard of a Chinese logistics company specializing in Russian-bound shipments. Suspicion emerged recently that some Russian-bound video game-related equipment such as game controllers, shipments of which have surged sevenfold in the past two years, have been converted into components of military drones.

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