Who Says Videogames Aren't Political Speech?

According to Xinhuanet, the Chinese government has banned a computer game for "distorting history and damaging China's sovereignty and territorial integrity" (Swedish computer game banned for harming China's sovereignty):

Moreover, "Manchuria", "West Xinjiang", and "Tibet" appeared as independent sovereign countries in the maps of the game. In addition, it even included China's Taiwan province as the territory of Japan at the beginning of the game.

Nor is this the first videogame banning. Other games banned include Project IGI2: Covert Strike ("The game was accused of intentionally blackening China and the Chinese army's image as a freelance mercenary fights in [China]") and Command and Conquer Generals: Zero Hour Expansion ("Also for smearing the image of China and the Chinese army").

via Techdirt