1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comRobert Rath Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/robertrath/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="OL8fv2JZ6S"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/lifting-chinas-console-ban-the-bigger-picture/">Lifting China’s Console Ban: The Bigger Picture</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/lifting-chinas-console-ban-the-bigger-picture/embed/#?secret=OL8fv2JZ6S" width="600" height="338" title="“Lifting China’s Console Ban: The Bigger Picture” — The Escapist" data-secret="OL8fv2JZ6S" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Video game consoles have been banned in China since 2000, when the government caved to a moral panic that young people might waste their lives in front of an Xbox. However, recently the Chinese government announced that companies would be able to sell game consoles in China, provided they’re manufactured in the Shanghai Free-trade Zone. It’s effectively an end to the console ban and was reported as such all over the gaming press. But reversing the console ban is only a small chip in the high-stakes economic game the People’s Republic is playing with the Shanghai FTZ-and the console ban […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/115/115825.png