Genshin Impact censors a number of words, including Taiwan and Hong Kong.
The issue was brought to light by journalist Kazuma Hashimoto, who published a video on Twitter showing how the free-to-download Breath of the Wild-esque PC, PlayStation 4 and mobile game censors Taiwan and Hong Kong within its chat.
According to PC Gamer, Genshin Impact also censors the words Putin, Hitler, Stalin and Falun Gong.
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In 2003, China’s Ministry of Culture decreed the word Taiwan falls within the scope of “endangering the unity of the nation, sovereignty or territorial integrity”.
In April 2020, Eurogamer reported on how the Chinese authorities had attempted to block the sale of Nintendo Switch exclusive Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the country’s version of eBay because the game was being used by Hong Kong protesters and others to create politically sensitive user-generated content.