Yesterday a Hearthstone tournament winner said ‘liberate Hong Kong’ during his post-match interview. Now the game’s publisher Blizzard, part-owned by the Chinese conglomerate Tencent, has rescinded the player’s winnings and issued him a year-long ban...https://twitter.com/InvenGlobal/status/1180954142396710912 …
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This seemingly disproportionate response s more understandable when you consider the relationship between Tencent and the Chinese government. Last year, while reporting on Tencent's moves to dominate the Chinese PC games market, a developer told me the following:
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“Tencent is not a business as you know businesses in the West. It is essentially an extension of the official Party. They are beholden to stakeholders but the line between the board and government is thin. Some of Tencent’s stakeholders are high-ranking officials in the party.”
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‘Activision Blizzard benefits from China's growing market for esports with an investment from Tencent, one of China’s largest technology firms...You have the opportunity to reverse course. We urge you to take it.’pic.twitter.com/SD6W4Iz8pH
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Who knew Bobby Kotick would be the man to unite Marco Rubio and AOC.
Le chargement semble prendre du temps.
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