China has Hong Kong video game

BEIJING - China is calling for more home grown computer games to inspire patriotism among the young and counter a flood of politically…

BEIJING - China is calling for more home grown computer games to inspire patriotism among the young and counter a flood of politically incorrect foreign video games, the Xinhua news agency said yesterday. One game about the 1839-42 Opium War, during which Britain seized Hong Kong, will be released when Beijing resumes control over the colony in July.

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