Games have become an essential part of young people's lifestyles."

Yao Jianjun, CEO of Feiyu Technology International Co, on China's digital gaming market, which is now worth an estimated 22.2 billion yuan ($3.4 billion; 3.1 billion euros).

"Copying from others was never a correct direction to go for Chinese tech companies. ... Instead, we join hands with overseas giants, buy up their patents and set up joint development facilities."

Sun Pishu, chairman and CEO of Inspur Group Co, the country's biggest server manufacturer, which plans to spend at least 1 billion yuan ($153 million; 139 millions euros) on overseas cloud computing acquisitions this year.

(China Daily Africa Weekly 03/11/2016 page24)