Why isn't this game banned in China?

[luther84695]

Catherine Chun is Taiwanese and the game wiki has a Taiwanese flag. This implies that Taiwan still exists as an independent country very far into the future. I am pretty sure this is not allowed in China and really upsets the CCP, and video game studios in general are not allowed to have any character that is "Taiwanese" if they want to sell the game into the "massive" Chines market.

[Slithersy]

SOMA is so good the Chinese government probably overlooks it

[Landsknecht _]

Taiwan does exist though. Just the sovereign state of Taiwan does not.

[luther84695]

Originally posted by Landsknecht _:

Taiwan does exist though. Just the sovereign state of Taiwan does not.

The sovereign republic of china exists but sovereign Taiwan does not. It helps to study a bit before commenting.

[MASTAN]

I see no problem with just this. How it differs from saying someone is e.g. Texan?

As for flag in wiki - what it has to do with the game itself? Is it an official site maintained by Frictional Games?

[luther84695]

Originally posted by MASTAN:

I see no problem with just this. How it differs from saying someone is e.g. Texan?

As for flag in wiki - what it has to do with the game itself? Is it an official site maintained by Frictional Games?

Of course, there is nothing wrong with it. But to me it is an indication that China's influence is no longer what it used to be to the point that insulting the Chinese is no longer a problem.

The Chinese have always considered having a Taiwanese flag out there in public or in the popular media as an insult to the Chinese and a total outrage. The government will act on the insult and ban the company who does it.

It used to be that someone in CCP say something and every western companies are on their knees.

It is so weird seeing that Western corporations are not sucking up to China like they used to be. Either that, or the Sweden game maker is so thick that they didn't know they committed a cardinal sin against the Chinese.

[MASTAN]

Originally posted by luther84695:

It is so weird seeing that Western corporations are not sucking up to China like they used to be. Either that, or the Sweden game maker is so thick that they didn't know they committed a cardinal sin against the Chinese.

So what sin exactly they committed? They didn't post flag. They only called one character Taiwanese, and... that's all?

Of course, there is nothing wrong with it. But to me it is an indication that China's influence is no longer what it used to be to the point that insulting the Chinese is no longer a problem.

When was that? SOMA wasn't banned for the whole 7 years since its release.

Wiki could be banned there but that wouldn't be a surprise. Wikipedia is blocked in China since 2019.

[King Meash]

There's a launch log at Phi that says a satellite was owned by the Sino-Indian federation lol.

[Landsknecht _]

Originally posted by luther84695:

Originally posted by Landsknecht _:

Taiwan does exist though. Just the sovereign state of Taiwan does not.

The sovereign republic of china exists but sovereign Taiwan does not. It helps to study a bit before commenting.

Poland exists, the sovereign republic of Bohemia does not though. Next time do your research before commenting.

What was your point again?

[luther84695]

Originally posted by Landsknecht _:

Originally posted by luther84695:

The sovereign republic of china exists but sovereign Taiwan does not. It helps to study a bit before commenting.

Poland exists, the sovereign republic of Bohemia does not though. Next time do your research before commenting.

What was your point again?

I think we should be friends and not argue about pointless stuff. I made the original post mostly due to the boredom.

[Sea Prince Gillywix]

I am more curious why someone cares whether or not this game is banned in China if they don't live there. Just be lucky you live in a country that allows this game.