May 29, 2004

Rewriting History Games

The thing about rewriting history is that you have to get it anywhere it appears. China has censored a game I've played on PC called Hearts of Iron. It's a World War 2 grand strategy games. China pulled it because it showed (historically) that Tibet, Manchuria and Xinjiang as independent nations, as well as Taiwan as occupied by Japan during WW2. The Chinese government said that the game was "distorting history and damaging China's sovereignty." Keep in mind the game is historically accurate. I guess China in trying to get a claim on Tibet and Taiwan has rewritten history so that they were always part of China. You can get all the textbooks, but can you get everything? It boogles the mind.

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