page_title: Video game censorship
section_title: China
hierarchical_section_title: Video game censorship / China
caption_attribution_description: English: Cai Wu, Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China. 中文: 中华人民共和国文化部部长蔡武
context_page_description: Video game censorship are efforts by an authority to limit access, censor content, or regulate video games or specific video games due to the nature of their content.
context_section_description: Video game consoles were banned in Mainland China in June 2000. This ban was finally lifted in January 2014. However, the Chinese would still police video games which would be 
  "hostile to China or not in conformity with the outlook of China's government". Reported by Bloomberg, metaphorically speaking, Cai Wu, head of China's Ministry of Culture, said "We want to open the window a crack to get some fresh air, but we still need a screen to block the flies and mosquitoes.".
  Censorship of video games in China often relate to unfavorable views of war, history, and the government. Several video games have been banned in China for these reasons. In 2004, Hearts of Iron was banned as the Ministry of Culture deemed the games portrayal of World War II to be distorted. In 2013, the Chinese Ministry banned Battlefield 4 as they claimed it misrepresented China and was an attempt to "smears China's image".
caption: Cai Wu, former head of China's Ministry of Culture
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