China's restrictions are pretty new (implemented in 2019) so their long-term impact is yet to be seen.

And Korea's law is much less restrictive since kids can play as much as they like before midnight.

Are there minors on the top-level Chinese teams?

The average age is around 20 and I doubt they are training to the most competitive levels in just a year or two.

> China's most famous e-sports player, Jian Zihao, has officially retired from gaming aged 23, citing ill-health.

> He had been a professional gamer since 2012, playing League of Legends under the name of "Uzi".

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52920786

He would have been ~15 in 2012.

People who have played way less when they were minors would be at a big disadvantage compared to the rest of the world.

I don’t think China is particularly competitive in e-sports relative to places like S. Korea or the US. At least for the few I watched (mostly overwatch, counter strike) China always struggled at the bottom of the list.

China is very competitive in the moba genre, like League of Legends and DOTA2.

In the League scene the US (technically NA) region is at the bottom of the tier list.