It’s not just physical sports like basketball that appear to be under the thumb of China. Esports is now caught up in the controversy after Blizzard Entertainment suspended a player from the upcoming Hearthstone Grandmasters competition after he publicly professed support for Honk Kong protesters fighting for their freedom.
Hong Kong player Ng “Blitzchung” Wai Chung competed a match over the weekend during a livestream of the competition. After the match, he was to be interviewed on the official Taiwanese Hearthstone stream. When he appeared on the stream, he was wearing a gas mask. Before the interview, he removed the mask and yelled in Chinese: “Liberate Honk Kong, revolution of our age,” according to Esports news website InvenGlobal.
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