PopCap Games takes a stab at games in China

U.S. video game companies haven’t done well in China. Stymied by piracy and sometimes unable to understand the tastes of Chinese gamers, they’re floundering in one of the fastest-growing game markets. But Seattle-based PopCap Games, which has pioneered the development of casual games such as “Bejeweled,” hopes to buck the trend. The company is sending its long-time business development director James Gwertzman to Shanghai to head the company’s Asia/Pacific office. Gwertzman has studied the Chi