Nice article! Some things to note:

• The partnership with Animoca( http://www.animocabrands.com/cryptokitties-licence) Is bigger than you think it is - These are the guys that help the likes of Disney get their products over to China

• It isn't actually out yet in China. It'll be released (hopefully) in the week following feb 16

• This rise was done mainly by a few whales, one that spent over 190 eth and has 630+ gen0s (mainly fast) - This guy https://etherscan.io/address/0x1472b6ba77e40d1e17b909fe30fb12f806c0905e