Why are Chinese versions of games have no blood or depict characters death differently to western versions of the same game?

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Why are Chinese versions of games have no blood or depict characters death differently to western versions of the same game?

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Whenever media becomes popular worldwide it goes through the process of “localization”. This includes translating into a local language, changing references and context, sometimes rewriting entire portions or story points to be acceptable and consumable to the audience in the way the culture sees is acceptable. Chinese media laws demand that localization change those aspects of a game to not include those deaths and blood.

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