Isolation challenges - often advertised on Douyin, as TikTok is known in China - have risen in popularity this year BEIJING: In China's take on Squid Game , fraudsters are preying on the financially distressed in a slumping economy with promises of prize money, debt restructuring and other schemes that are not always what is promised. Unlike the dystopian South Korean TV series, which returns to the small screen for a second season on Thursday (Dec 26), Chinese players taking on "self-