In news breaking today, the Chinese government has banned Codemasters' Project IGI 2: Covert Strike, as it is deemed that the game "damages national dignity and interests", as reported in the official state Xinhua news.
China's problem with the game lies in its content, wherein the country is portrayed as a something of a rogue state that must be stripped of certain technologies related to weapons.
The title is now officially banned in China, though given the levels of piracy blighting the country right now, Codies' bottom line is unlikely to be seriously troubled.
In closing, perhaps China - if it intends to protect its perceived national dignity - might look towards addressing issues such as the ethnic cleansing of neighbouring countries like Tibet, and its shocking record of the abuse of human rights.
China's problem with the game lies in its content, wherein the country is portrayed as a something of a rogue state that must be stripped of certain technologies related to weapons.
The title is now officially banned in China, though given the levels of piracy blighting the country right now, Codies' bottom line is unlikely to be seriously troubled.
In closing, perhaps China - if it intends to protect its perceived national dignity - might look towards addressing issues such as the ethnic cleansing of neighbouring countries like Tibet, and its shocking record of the abuse of human rights.
Comments
sue_raas 19 Mar 2004 15:20
1/3
Two sharks in the Irish Sea: one says to the other, "I'm sick of eating all this tuna crap, let's go over to Morecambe and have a Chinky." Ha-ha-ha!
auzdafluff 21 Mar 2004 14:02
2/3
Sue Raas wrote:
>Two sharks in the Irish Sea: one says to the
>other, "I'm sick of eating all this tuna crap,
>let's go over to Morecambe and have a Chinky."
>Ha-ha-ha!
No need for that...
and besides, the games was out years ago, and the Chinese government are an afront to freedom... therefore they need to be changed...
They are a prime example of how communisim's ideas, while in their own way admiralble even though I am a capitialist through and through, they are imposible to implement without breaking every human right...
>Two sharks in the Irish Sea: one says to the
>other, "I'm sick of eating all this tuna crap,
>let's go over to Morecambe and have a Chinky."
>Ha-ha-ha!
No need for that...
and besides, the games was out years ago, and the Chinese government are an afront to freedom... therefore they need to be changed...
They are a prime example of how communisim's ideas, while in their own way admiralble even though I am a capitialist through and through, they are imposible to implement without breaking every human right...
SPInGSPOnG 21 Mar 2004 14:07
3/3
Ben Furfie wrote:
>Chinese government are an afront to freedom...
>therefore they need to be changed...
Dude, I may be an American. But even I can see the irony of the guy from Microsoft land talking about afronts to freedom.
>Chinese government are an afront to freedom...
>therefore they need to be changed...
Dude, I may be an American. But even I can see the irony of the guy from Microsoft land talking about afronts to freedom.