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I very much doubt the CCP leadership are that invested in the intricacies of the MMO market

• kibwen 4y ago
  Firstly, Tencent has enormous sway and many friends in the party. There does not need to be any chairman-level dictat, only the usual greased palms. Secondly, the Chinese government is extremely interested in tightly controlling the media that the people of China consume, so who would object?
  • blibble 4y ago
    their main competitor (who seek to lose hundreds of millions as a result?) it's conspiracy theory nonsense I'm afraid
    • sidlls 4y ago
      It's only "conspiracy theory nonsense" if one is completely unfamiliar with how gaining access to the Chinese market works. I've been involved in more than one of these kinds of operations. These companies' primary goals when dealing with American companies (and, I'm guessing, any foreign company) are: 1) acquire IP so that China can control it; 2) acquire data on users, especially Chinese citizen users, but in general all the users. The notion of "competition" in the sense you imply is at best a distant second consideration. These companies can and will subvert what a typical Western capitalist would view as their own interests in service to that, because otherwise the CCP can and will destroy them.