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Genshin Impact fans has complaints about the game censorship

cheap Genshin Impact Account Free-to-play RPG Genshin Impact has mostly been discussed for its likeness to Nintendo's Zelda: Breath Of The Wild since it released in late September. Since then players have discovered that the in-game chat censors "Hong Kong" and "Taiwan," leading to calls to boycott the game.

For those unfamiliar the Chinese government has a “One-China” policy. This means censorship and outright denial that Taiwan (originally known as the Republic of China) is an independent nation and is part of the People’s Republic of China.

The official Genshin Impact subreddit has also seen sporadic complaints about the game’s censorship. One poster in a thread created earlier today said a “bug” was causing “Tibet” to be censored while others have noted that more innocuous-seeming words like “words” and “enemies” are also getting theGenshin Impact Account online asterisk treatment.

Genshin Impact's censorship is likely due to the fact that game developers in mainland China must adhere to government-mandated rules that block any potentially subversive activity. It's bound to raise further concern about the intersection of increasing Chinese political repression and the growing importance and influence of China both as a market and development hub for popular games.

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