I know games seem like a tiny thing, right? But it matters when a government suppresses freedom of expression, even when it comes to a silly video game.
China sees it as their prerogative to do whatever they want to their people, including, by the way, detaining hundreds of thousands without charges in re-education camps.
1. A game developed by Taiwanese studio, Devotion, has been removed from Stream by its developers due to a hiding meme about Xi Jinping founded by Chinese gamers earlier this year.[1]
2. Still earlier this year, Chinese Overwatch players being instantly banned from the game for typing the words "Winnie the Pooh" in public chat.[2]
[1] https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18239937/taiwanese-horror...
[2] https://www.dexerto.com/overwatch/chinese-overwatch-players-...
If you're referring to the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, there is a lot of outcry, but little evidence to back up statements made by Western press. Google doc amalgamating sources: https://tinyurl.com/xinjiangmyths