China's bankers and business executives have become increasingly reliant on domestic capital in recent years as foreign funding has dried up, but a popular way to unlock that cash may very well involve "throwing eggs".

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/7415121

The game in question is Guandan, where you and your teammate try to make poker hands to discard your cards before the opposing pair does, which lets you level up. Teams can only win the entire match by reaching level A while avoiding having the player who discards all cards last.

The game looks interesting, has anyone played?

  • @yads@lemmy.caEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    Never played, but thought it was interesting that it’s not played for money. More importantly playing it for money is viewed as being in very poor taste.

    • DeebsterOPEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      My understanding wasn’t that they weren’t gambling, just that they claimed they weren’t (gambling is illegal in China). The Chinese have a reputation for loving gambling, despite its illegality.

      Chinese officials have been censured in the past for receiving bribes through the playing of card games

      How would this happen if they weren’t gambling?

      • @wahmingEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        Yes, we do. Small stakes gambling is part of our culture, even kids do it on festivals

      • @yads@lemmy.caEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        Yeah that’s what was surprising. I read that this game specifically discourages gambling, but like you said, maybe they were just making sure they don’t get their hands slapped