Hong Kong bans ‘secessionist’ mobile game promoting anti-communist content

10 months ago

Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, June 12: Hong Kong authorities have banned a Taiwan-developed mobile game, Reversed Front: Bonfire, accusing it of promoting “secessionist” ideology and encouraging “armed revolution” against the Chinese Communist Party. The unprecedented move marks the first time a video game has been banned under the city’s sweeping ‘National Security Law’.

The game, developed by ESC Taiwan, invites players to assume the roles of factions representing Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tibet, and other groups in simulated uprisings against communist regimes. According to the website for Reversed Front: Bonfire, players can “pledge allegiance” to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Tibet, or Uyghurs, among other options, “to overthrow the Communist regime”. Released in A...

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