In this photo taken on March 1, 2025, a woman attends a birthday celebration event for Rafayel, a virtual character in the romantic mobile game “Love and Deepspace”, at a shopping mall in Beijing. Fans have gone all out to celebrate Rafayel’s birthday, renting shopping malls across China for parties, decorating high-speed trains with his photos, and even staging a dazzling drone show. But the birthday boy was absent from every event — he’s a virtual character in the romantic mobile game “Love and Deepspace” that has won over millions of young women in China. (Photo by Adek BERRY / AFP) / TO GO WITH: CHINA-WOMEN-TECHNOLOGY-GAMING, FOCUS BY LUNA LIN