[listic]

Nice to know. Would you please name the startups from China or point me to articles about them?

Also, electronic distribution (i.e. Steam) may free indie developers from the shackles of publishers.

[lacker]

Here's a list of game & "virtual world" companies that got funded in 2008.

http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/26/second-revision-game-and-v...

Notable in that list from China are 9you and G10. Also from China there is tencent a.k.a. QQ (curious that their company names are all combinations of numbers, letters, and english words) which is not a game per se but they are making a lot of money selling virtual goods.