US Video Gaming Company Suspends Player Over Hong Kong Comment

US Video Gaming Company Suspends Player Over Hong Kong Comment
Visitors try out games at the Blizzard Entertainment stand at the Gamescom 2015 gaming trade fair in Cologne, Germany on August 5, 2015. Sascha Schuermann/Getty Images
Cathy He
Updated:

U.S. video gaming company Blizzard Entertainment has suspended a Hong Kong-based player for expressing support for the ongoing pro-democracy protests in the city, the latest example of a foreign company curbing free speech in an attempt to appease the Chinese communist regime.

The suspension was triggered by statements Hearthstone player Ng Wai Chung made while giving a postgame interview.

Cathy He
Cathy He
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Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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