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Re:Blizzard's Weibo Account Just Posted an Apology To China by _bxg1 on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @03:51PM (#21207214)
The motive wouldn't make any sense. Why would the CCP go out of its way to save face for an American company that offended it?
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Re:Blizzard's Weibo Account Just Posted an Apology To China by loceng on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @05:22PM (#21208245)
Yes it does make sense.

An American company didn't offend them. An American company "bent their knee" (as people are saying) and ban a user who showed support of the Hong Kong protests, fired the two commentators, and rescinded the prize money the gamer won.

CCP wants people to believe they have "power" - control, and that "all" will "bend their knee" for them. We don't know if Blizzard posting an "apology for offending 'China'" for the actions of a user was from anyone in a decision chain at Blizzard - from the very top or if it was ordered or perhaps "requested" under pressure.

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