Hong Kong police have warned that downloading mobile games that challenge or undermine the Chinese Communist Party could be considered a crime.
Beijing is very sensitive to dissent and in 2020 they imposed a national security law in Hong Kong that has successfully cracked down on political dissent.
A Taiwanese company has developed a game called “Reversed Front: Bonfire” that allows users to support Hong Kong, Tibet, Uyghurs and Taiwan in protest against communist rule.
Users who upload or recommend the game are considered guilty of intending to commit separatism or subversion, even though players choose the communists to defeat all enemies.
In the video game, communists are depicted as authoritarian, hasty in action, incompetent, prone to corruption, corruption, exploitation and violence.
Since the imposition of national security regulations, political opposition in Hong Kong has been increasingly muted following the massive pro-democracy protests of 2019.
Apple removed the game from the Hong Kong version of the App Store after it was available a day earlier.
