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May 28, 2004
Who Says Videogames Aren't Political Speech?
Posted by Ernest Miller
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
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Ernest Miller pursues research and writing on cyberlaw, intellectual property, and First Amendment issues. Mr. Miller attended the U.S. Naval Academy before attending Yale Law School, where he was president and co-founder of the Law and Technology Society, and founded the technology law and policy news site LawMeme. He is a fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.
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