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4 heavenly kings of American "Imperium"
It is like every day, I feel like more fresh off the boat than the day before.
Black Myth Wukong is easily a 9.5/10 game. Chinese reviewers gave it 10/10. "Less-political' Western reviewers gave it 8/10 for the bugs, and the lack of background explanation of the lore. Sl 8/10 in the West could not get it "universal acclaim" there.Black Myth Wukong promotes tourism in China.
The Taiwanese regime promotes reunification.
When some Western media start to attack you, you know you have succeeded.
When a female Chinese diaspora writer denounces you, you know your success has become legendary.
The Economist, nuff said.
Ok they can criticize the bugs. But it is not fair to criticize the "lack of lore background". Reuters even said that the game expects gamers to go and study Chinese literature. This game as based on Journey To The West for f**k's sake. Obviously most Westerners don't understand the story like the Chinese do, but that is no excuse to not go read it up first instead of bashing the game. They easily gave God Of War Ragnarok 9.5/10, because Norse Mythology was more familiar to them
I'm guessing it's more because of Marvel, than the actual lore. GOWR too didn't explain the full lore, they just expected the gamers to already know the familiar characters. Westerners praised that game for promoting Nordic culture. Black Myth Wukong does the same with Chinese culture and so much more. They expect to be spoon-fed about Chinese culture, but expect the rest of the world to already know their culture. It's plain old Western double standards, and honestly, racism.
I've watched a number of walkthroughs of Black Myth Wukong. The game is just beautiful, even though it took it's own artistic liberties with the lore. It is overflowing with Chinese culture, art, and literature. Best enjoyed with the original Chinese language, but the English dub is quite well done too. (I've noticed that the Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese streamers stuck to the original Chinese language, with subtitles for their own respective languages.) There were locations in the game that looked too fantastical to be in real life, but they do have real-life counterparts. The in-game artworks and anime is just amazing. All non-Chinese gamers were surprised by the level of detail and appreciation for the culture. I dare say it even exceeds the God of War Ragnarok for cultural appreciation. BTW GOWR had black people play the role of the Norse Giants, to check some diversity boxes. So that is a minus for cultural appreciation.
I'm pleasantly surprised that China could create a game on the quality, scope and scale of Black Myth Wukong. It easily stands up with the best games from the West and Japan. Those who still doubt that China lacks soft power should check their bias and sanity. The game resonates with the Japanese and Koreans. It impressed the Western gamers, and made them appreciate Chinese culture even more. This game announces yet another of China's return to the big leagues of soft power.
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now you know why taiwan banned Black myth Wukong and why the Anglo led west have been so psycho about negatively portraying China and Chinese men. Would westerners obey their leaders in nato if this war against China comes when they have consumed Chinese games, technology, TikTok and eventually, domestic robots?
This is why we should not let stuff like Nobel prizes or other stuff determined by the west be a measure of achievement.
Everyone talks like they are objective when they clearly have a conflict of interest. Especially when countries like Sweden decide it. There is no way they can be objective.
Nobel Prize and Pulitzer are two of the famous western prizes that reward neoliberal imperialism
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That's because China isn't doing anything that justifies direct action against China. Their attention will always be drawn away to more immediate active emergencies. Acting against China for just for being competition doesn't sit well with the rest of the world that is watching. Today the West is trying to get the Global South on their side and away from China. China is the example of ideal independence from the West. The US and West will knock off opponents because they're losing to them. That's why they have to lie about it being about democracy versus autocracy. They're democracies that had slaves and they protect countries that are democracies that violate human rights. Also they ally with autocracies who they need. They act like holding out democracy is the answer to anyone questioning them. No it just says how they can lie in the face of it.
Every time I read or see something about what Kamala Harris' foreign policy is going to be, mostly everyone agrees that she will follow Joe Bidens's foreign policy. Yeah if she wants to be a footnote in history then that's what she should do. If the Democratic establishment has any influence on her, then she'll probably stick to Biden's policies. The Democratic establishment are filled with old crones stuck in their ways like Biden and former Democrat Joe Manchin. Despite how the Democrats are lionizing Joe Biden at the convention, look at the relief in general that he's no longer the nominee. Joe Biden didn't encourage excitement and with Trump as the other choice, Democrats were just depressed in general. I guess a true test where Kamala is heading is if she sticks with Biden's staff choices in the State and Commerce Departments.
There was an article recently that said California politicians want an easing on sales restrictions of high tech on China because it's costing the state jobs. If the likes of Trump and Biden were right, China would already have collapsed and surrendered to the US by now because that was the real goal not thinking they can leave China behind. That isn't happening so because of ego Biden wants the US to stick to its guns hoping it's just a matter of time before China can no longer hold out. The US is losing jobs in the tech sector because they slit their own throat cutting themselves off to their biggest customer. It's only a matter of time when China makes alternatives on advanced tech from the West. That's why the US is in a more precarious position than China. China can survive without the West's advanced tech. But when China does make it own equivalent and then better semiconductors... it's game over for the West. Look at the state of the US's allies where they can buy all the tech that China cannot. They're in the economic dumpster. China is doing all right without it but when China starts making them, the West won't be first world civilized countries anymore. By the time they admit their China policy was wrong from the beginning, it will be too late.
Black Myth Wukong is yet another big F-U to all those haters like the Bobalibs, KMT zealots, HK roaches, Serpentza, Peter Zeihan, Jai Hinds, and all those other haters who say that China has no culture.
I want to give a special F-U to a Malaysian Chinese podcaster who said that China has no culture. He said that Taiwan and Malaysia has culture, but mainland China has none. For someone who claims that he had visited his ancestral village in China, this guy insults his ancestors.
Chiang Kai-shek stole lots of China's treasures and put them on Taiwan. But he can't steal the temples, the palaces, the cave sculptures, and more importantly the soul of China. The Cultural Revolution, for all it's wrongs, didn't wipe out Chinese culture, contrary to what the PRC haters would like to have you believe.
Malaysian Chinese culture is merely a continuation of Southern Chinese culture, adapted for the local environment. It mostly began in the 19th Century. Some even date back to the Ming Dynasty. Still, that cannot be compared to the thousands of years of culture in China itself. It's just a branch of a greater tree.
That Malaysian Chinese podcaster must be one of those shallow and arrogant idiots who still cling to the belief that the mainland Chinese are beneath them. He wants to identify himself as more "Malay" than Chinese. His kind is a familiar sight among the other Chinese diasporas. You wanna become a Malay, that's your own choice. But be respectful to the Chinese people and all those Malaysian Chinese who still love their motherland. You said that China has "no culture". So Black Myth Wukong and I say: "F**k you!"
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More like the Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse for Americana.
Shouldn't the default assumption be that China can equal anything done elsewhere?