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The PRC infamously censors a fair amount of stuff, and I don't mind that. I have my disagreements and criticisms, but I'd much rather give up some libertine behaviors in media than have all the shit that happens when you dont censor things.

But like...what are the actual policies?Besides "don't advocate for the overthrow of the government."

For instance, I recently picked up "Sultans Game," which is a very good game. But it's also very sexual. It has artistic nudity and makes constant references to sex, homosexual relationships, and rape. It's not super explicit, but it's still a lot more than i would've expected when told "this game was made in China." [Although i am playing outside of China, so maybe the version in China is censored]. But games like Genshin Impact and certain animes are censored for lewd content fairly regularly, to my knowledge.

There's also books. For instance "I love my mom" is banned [despite appeals] while other books with sexual content aren't banned [to my knowledge. Also i haven't read that aforementioned book, so if it's just an exception for extreme nature, let me know]. Or how one of Hong Ying's works literally references the Tianenmen Square "massacre?" I'm unsure if it's published in China, but I would have assumed that she'd be blacklisted for that.

The last question i have is, what's the point of banning something if you're allowed to have it anyway? For example, hearts of iron 4 is banned in China. But also it's not? Tbh the language barrier makes figuring out this stuff hard, whether something is banned or not or if that thing is just going through a Different service or what.