Tencent Helps Communist Party Pay Homage to the China Dream
- New games reflect Tencent’s effort to cosy up to Beijing
- Regulators have tightened grip on $38 billion gaming market
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Tencent Holdings Ltd. is teaming up with the Chinese Communist Party apparatus to develop “patriotic” video games, edging closer to a government that’s increasingly intolerant of gaming.
In Homeland Dream, which was developed in partnership with Party mouthpiece the People’s Daily, players simulate building a city while alleviating poverty and executing tax breaks. Such actions are meant to echo real-life policies in China. Other political buzzwords such as President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative also feature.
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