Well said. I have also noticed the Taiwanese media pumping and funding much of the Sinophobic media... Esp. Epoch Times etc...it has dramatic impact.
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Yeah it's not subtle at all. The company's name, motto, the game's international name. Hell, they've also been trying to push for homosexual values, especially in their previous games. Nothing like getting people more interested in the chinese language than only advertising the japanese and english voice acting. And just take a look at their office.
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It's also an interesting time now that Warren Fernandez has stepped down as Editor-in-Chief (Havard, Oxford) and his replacement, Wong Wei Kong is local raised and educated (NUS). Let's see if the tint of news report becomes more balanced.
While the media may be mouthpiece of the government, some feel that Warren Fernandez is also largely responsible for the pro-west slant of the local news reporting. Good riddance to bad rubbish then ...
India's official language is English, and their political system is Democracy and elections (i.e., they understand the art of bullshitting and talking), which is essentially for climbing corporate ladder or politics.
If you take the top 0.001% of Indians elite rich as immigrants to US/UK, which still number in millions, you are bound to have successful people, whether medicine, business, or politics.
Genshin is Chinese soft power is a weak argument.
Look at this Ukrainian refugee going to Akihabara and saying her favourite Japanese anime characters are from Genshin live on Japanese TV.
Even the non-east Asian pronunciation of the game name is Japanese, does this seem like cultural confidence? Many western players use Japanese voice settings to feel "original" or some shit, even paying money just for the Japanese VA. They flock to Japanese Genshin social media pages, but they never go to the Chinese version (which exists on Twitter and youtube also). To many, Genshin is a Japanese game made by a company in China. I doubt the player base even learnt the superficial aspects of Chinese culture within the game.
Inb4 someone says ooh there are deep Chinese cultural elements of the game, which is potentially noticeable in the Chinese version to actually Chinese people.
Look at this Ukrainian refugee going to Akihabara and saying her favourite Japanese anime characters are from Genshin live on Japanese TV.
Even the non-east Asian pronunciation of the game name is Japanese, does this seem like cultural confidence? Many western players use Japanese voice settings to feel "original" or some shit, even paying money just for the Japanese VA. They flock to Japanese Genshin social media pages, but they never go to the Chinese version (which exists on Twitter and youtube also). To many, Genshin is a Japanese game made by a company in China. I doubt the player base even learnt the superficial aspects of Chinese culture within the game.
Inb4 someone says ooh there are deep Chinese cultural elements of the game, which is potentially noticeable in the Chinese version to actually Chinese people.
Dyson Sphere Program is a pretty good example of Chinese game that subtly pushes soft power I reckon.
You might say "how can a game with zero Chinese aspects be pushing Chinese soft power?" Well back when CPC was having its 100 anniversary one of the promotional thing was Dunhuang solar power plant I saw lots of comments under the video saying it reminds them of all the mirrors in Dyson Sphere Program. One person even made the connection that both DSP and Dunhuang solar power station are Chinese and went "oh shit, you guys really are working towards dyson sphere aren't you?"
Popularity of DSP among those sim game players have planted the seed of an idea that solar thermal power is an inherently Chinese thing. You watch, when CNSA launch the prototype SBSP even more people will make that connection.
You might say "how can a game with zero Chinese aspects be pushing Chinese soft power?" Well back when CPC was having its 100 anniversary one of the promotional thing was Dunhuang solar power plant I saw lots of comments under the video saying it reminds them of all the mirrors in Dyson Sphere Program. One person even made the connection that both DSP and Dunhuang solar power station are Chinese and went "oh shit, you guys really are working towards dyson sphere aren't you?"
Popularity of DSP among those sim game players have planted the seed of an idea that solar thermal power is an inherently Chinese thing. You watch, when CNSA launch the prototype SBSP even more people will make that connection.
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It's funny how they don't even try to hide it, they could have passed it off as "Song Dynasty"-style or something but they straight up just say its Japanese-style. Also, almost all of the Chinese cultural elements that exist in Genshin are from the Qing Dynasty/ROC (aka the origin of Western stereotypes).
And now the Confucius Institutes are being shut down.. while Genshin Impact has made billions worldwide.
TBH, I don't get why some users are nitpicking Genshin Impact so much.
Is the game 100% perfect representation of Chinese culture? No, it's not. There are some areas where it can improve on.
But considering how China doesn't have a lot of entertainment product that's as popular worldwide. I'll definitely take this for the time being. Mihoyo's success is helping to lay the foundation for other Chinese game developers to enter the market. In time there will be Wu Kong Black Myth and Tencent's Wuxia game.
Majority of gamers in China love GI so it's kinda strange to see some of the critical comments here. Even CCTV (China's state media) put up an ad for Yunjin (one of the characters in GI who's based on Beijing Opera).
So what? You want western approval? Is that it? I mean shit, the only time the west ever points out that the game is even Chinese is if they want to shit on it, or I bet like with TikTok, when they want to shut it down.