Soft power: People walking past an advertisement of the latest blockbuster Chinese video game ‘Black Myth: Wukong’ in Beijing. The game sold over 10 million copies across all platforms in just four days. — AP
NO one could have anticipated that being well-versed in Journey to the West would be considered “cool” in 2024.
Yet here we are, as the newly released action role-playing video game Black Myth: Wukong has reignited global interest in the 16th-century classic written by Wu Cheng’en.
