Subdued greed is better

What are people enthusiastic about in China? A glance at smartphone screens of subway commuters could be a good starting point to find out.

You'll likely find people playing King of Glory, the megahit mobile game developed by internet firm Tencent; or, they might be watching popular TV series or browsing e-commerce sites.

If you rewind your mind's tape to, say, mid-2015, screens back then featured red and green candlestick charts. It was the summer of 2015, when China's stock market kept scaling new heights. And then, the market peaked out and plunged dramatically. They called it the Summer Rout of 2015.