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China bans The Sims

By Derek Sooman

On January 26, 2005, 6:00 PM

Dear me, what is China banning now? In an effort to create what they call a "good environment" for Chinese children, China has banned 50 computer games, including popular game The Sims 2! Also on the bad boy list are Manhunt, FIFA 2005, Painkiller: Battle out of Hell, Age of Mythology: The Titans, Battlefield Vietnam, Conflict Vietnam, Vietcong: Fist Alpha and Devastation.

Beijing has said that the move centres on pirate copies of the games listed, in an effort to reduce the amount of piracy that is supposedly commonplace in China. But it’s also very likely that this is much more to do with censorship and from China's anti-pornography operation and press-monitoring programme. All in all, don't expect to see even legal copies of these games any more.

Perhaps this will protect Chinese children from bad influences, but I do wonder how it will protect them from dying from boredom.

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  1. January 26, 2005 10:22 PM
    Mikael said:
    There aren't too many things that the Communist Chinese government can do to shock me anymore. You know, those evil LAN party attendees playing that horrible Sims 2 game deserve to be jailed. Sheer sillyness by the Chinese government.
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  2. January 27, 2005 3:10 AM
    johnsonlam said:
    No improvement since PRC established. Always try to resist the trend by imposing stupid orders. This regime is hopeless!They even against it's own law! Too bad most of the Chinese was poisioned by the Simplified Chinese, and several billions of people still illiterate.
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  3. January 27, 2005 3:16 AM
    Phantasm66 said:
    [quote]Perhaps this will protect Chinese children from bad influences, but I do wonder how it will protect them from dying from boredom.[/quote]Mind you, they will have the manifesto of the Communist Party to keep them busy!
    Reply

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