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This Made-In-Taiwan Video Game Has Hidden Jokes About China’s President. The Wrong People Found Them

MEDIA Posted: February 28, 2019 4:30 am

“Devotion, by the Taiwanese indie developer Red Candle Games, was released on 19 February and was initially popular among horror enthusiasts. However, the discovery of a number of hidden jokes” – in particular, a Chinese pun on the names of PRC president Xi Jinping and Winnie the Pooh – “has ignited a firestorm of online criticism.” Devotion has now been pulled from worldwide distribution. – The Guardian

MEDIA Published: 02.27.19

Read the story in The Guardian Published: 02.27.19

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