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Re: Steam has been banned in China

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> US government

Why should I trust what they have to say as opposed to, say, China’s government? Or any government at all that I did not vote for?

I’m not a U.S. citizen nor on the payroll of CCP or whatnot.

Re: Steam has been banned in China

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European and American economies will be destroyed by China soon. But their stockholm syndrome prevents them from doing anything against it.

Imperiums fall, such is the effect of time.

And in time others rise, sometimes in the same region.

China will fall too, at some point.

Memento mori, amor fati!

Re: Steam has been banned in China

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In my eyes, the attack on 'effeminate men' is the nail in the coffin for the government of China. They are as dead to me and my actions will reflect it. Down with Emperor Pooh!

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No, it seems like a meme that xi looks like winnie the pooh

Re: Steam has been banned in China

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In my eyes, the attack on 'effeminate men' is the nail in the coffin for the government of China. They are as dead to me and my actions will reflect it. Down with Emperor Pooh!

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Sorry, I trust BBC more than I trust you about what is not allowed in China's heavy controlled internet.

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-40627855

Re: Steam has been banned in China

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Note: this refers to the global Steam service/community - Valve still offers Steam China with a very limited/censored selection of mostly-Valve games, adhering to local child protection laws. Most Chinese Steam users have historically been using the global service instead, as this Chinese version of Steam has only been available since February 2021.

I really love how we all have an impression of China as a country without access to global internet, but then there are things like "Most Chinese Steam users have historically been using the global service instead".

Really makes you want to visit and see how this actually works for yourself. The more I read about China, the more unbelievably contradictive it gets.

Re: Steam has been banned in China

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European and American economies will be destroyed by China soon. But their stockholm syndrome prevents them from doing anything against it.

Ooookkkkk. That's not even China's goal. China need the US and Europe to have strong economies to sell stuff to for the foreseeable future. China doesn't have a strong consumer sector, outside real estate, which is not a good driver for growth in the long term, and the demographics of China mean it's not likely to develop a strong consumer class before the work force ages out.

Re: Steam has been banned in China

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What is going on here with the comment section? Seems like it's flooded with pro ccp activists

Standard practice anywhere you have Chinese people, most are perfectly reasonable but many are deeply indoctrinated nationalists.

Unfortunately the rest aren’t willing or able to do anything about the genocide cheerleader squad.

Re: Steam has been banned in China

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Note: this refers to the global Steam service/community - Valve still offers Steam China with a very limited/censored selection of mostly-Valve games, adhering to local child protection laws. Most Chinese Steam users have historically been using the global service instead, as this Chinese version of Steam has only been available since February 2021.

I really love how we all have an impression of China as a country without access to global internet, but then there are things like "Most Chinese Steam users have historically been using the global service instead". Really makes you want to visit and see how this actually works for yourself. The more I read about China, the more unbelievably contradictive it gets.

It’s not true that chinese don’t has “access to global internet”. Many sites are blocked (including most top sites), but still it’s a blacklist instead of a whitelist
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