This event should've put to bed any notion that Epic is controlled by Tencent: https://www.businessinsider.com/epic-unlike-blizzard-wont-ba...

In an incident where even fully US-based organizations were caving to maintain these Chinese market, Tim went full "I don't care what China thinks about what our players say on streams".

Pretty sure Tencent is just in it for the money, Epic's a pretty good investment.