China To Ban Football Manager 2005

The Guardian wrote today that even Football Manager 2005 is not officially sold in China, the Chinese government has ordered officials to search for pirated versions of the game. Why such drastic measures? In the game, Taiwan is presented as a sovereign state. Well, we just can't have that, can we...

Any game had better make sure that the content fits into the limits of acceptability of all target markets. With non-democratic and strongly religious countries this is a special problem.