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Activision removes Tiananmen Square Massacre footage in Call of Duty trailer as China expresses distaste

(25 Aug) American video game publisher Activision has officially released a trailer for “Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War”. It has triggered a massive uproar despite being a trailer.

The trailer, by means of interviewing an ex-KGB agent from former-Soviet Union, shows various historic clips involving crackdowns in different places.

Sharp-eyed netizens found out one scene is from the Tiananmen Square protests, Chinese students, demanding freedom and democracy, climbed onto armored vehicles. Thought the trailer is simply illustrating the historical background, but the Tiananmen Square Massacre is a well-known taboo within the Chinese government. So the trailer has been quickly blocked and deleted in China.

Activision sees things aren’t going right, so they have the original trailer removed and uploaded a 1 minute version, shorter than the original 2 minutes one. The re-uploaded version has Tiananmen clips removed. The trailer removal involves the whole world, trailer on the official Youtube and Xbox channel has also been replaced.

Luckily game media like IGN, Gamespot have backed up the “disappeared” trailer.

This is not the first time “Call of Duty” crossing China’s redline. The older title “Call of Duty: Black Ops II” has been banned from all Internet café in China due to having scenes of bombing Chinese cities.

The Chinese technological giant Tencent owns 5% stock of Activision Blizzard, Activision’s parent company. It’s not a huge amount, but it’s undeniable that Activision Blizzard relies on Chinese market. Editor of kotaku mentioned he “understands releasing trailers in China requires special review. All media there are under strict control (including cooperative partners). This is the cost for doing business with China. But if there is a need to put down trailers from all around the world, you may need to pay more in the end.”

Source: 4gamers

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Former Chinese Staff of Zoom Wanted by FBI for Monitoring and Sabotaging Video Conferences Concerning the June 4th Tiananmen Square Massacre and Hong Kong Protests
 
A former Chinese staff of Zoom, a video conference software company, was charged by federal prosecutors from the US Department of Justice on December 18th for sabotaging and disrupting video conferences concerning the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the June 4th Tiananmen Square Massacre. The staff was a 39-year-old man named Xinjiang Jin who was based in China. Jin and his associates had allegedly sent IP addresses and email addresses of the video conference participants, as well as conference passwords and other sensitive data directly to Chinese law enforcement agencies. FBI also revealed case-related emails indicating Jin was monitoring conferences for China, including those related to Hong Kong protests. Jin is currently wanted by the FBI. 
 
#US #China #Zoom #FBI #XinjiangJin #June4th #TiananmenSquareMassacre #HongKongProtest
 
Source: Stand News #Dec19

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32 years ago, thousands of people died for democracy in #China. Their wish is still yet to be fulfilled. And the regime who killed them still reigns.

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This post shows exact what #CCP is about. Calling a massacre a political vaccine and laughing at the people who commemorate for those who died. If this isn't terrorism, what is?

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A top streamer in #China stepped on a landmine. In a livestream on June 3, one day before the 33rd anniversary of the #TiananmenSquareMassacre, Li Jiaqi, or Austin, unknowingly shows an ice cream cake on camera that looks like a tank.
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