It's just that this nation is truly capable of pressing buttons very rapidly.
When I played my first champ with the Chinese, I discussed this topic with their "father" — I complained that he seemed to take longer than me on his turns :)
And I'm used to playing in generally 1-2 minutes :)
To which the same Chinese player gave me a reasoned answer: they have a program that shows how much time each player spent on the game — it turned out to be something like my 144 minutes against his 136.
By the way, I only just realized that they sent me their program (which has a lighter and video recording of turns and battles), but as for having a time counter there — there was no such thing. For example, I was told that the Chinese have a resident program that shows the contents of the Dragon Utopia when hovering over it... maybe the time counter was in that one, and that's why we don't have that program?
To Vic: regarding the continuation of the champ, it is definitely necessary for Stiki to "sleep it off" first, and once he's had his sleep, finish this tournament.