China’s crackdown on the fun industry continues
Second-guessing Communist Party censors is becoming part and parcel of doing business
In china’s world of video-game warcraft the phrase chong ta describes the storming of a castle before you are equipped with the right weapons and armour. More recently the term has been used to refer to an equally foolhardy and even more treacherous act: posting risky comments or content on Chinese social media knowing full well that this will incur the wrath of censors, or even higher-level officials.
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