Microsoft Readies 360 Launch For China

The Xbox 360 was launched in Hong Kong in November of 2005, but the system is not officially part of the Chinese gaming market. Microsoft aims to change that this year, pending approval from the Chinese government. Gamasutra has the details on the deal, which will receive intense scrutiny from the country's culture ministry. From the article: "Looking to China specifically, the report notes that Microsoft has begun working with Chinese internet service providers and computer manufactures regarding the impending launch, and also plans to hire personnel to handle sales activities concerning the Xbox 360 on the Chinese mainland, though a specific time frame for these future hires remains as unknown as the launch itself. Likewise, a price has yet to be confirmed for the console as well, though the Xbox 360 sells for HK$2,329 ($300) in Hong Kong."

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People's Liberation game

[Adeptus_Luminati]

This is Microsoft's chance to really make a difference in the world, if only they had the vision:

I say they offer a free game with every X-box called "People's Liberation Game!" whereby you start out as a student rallying for votes to establish an opposition political party inside the Chinese government. To win the game you have achieve certain goals:

1) Cause enough of a movement to establish a democracy
2) Rally enough votes to be elected
3) Win a majority vote & become prime minister/president
4) Pass Human rights related laws that will:
              a) Grant its citizens freedom of speech
              b) Provide fair wages to its citizens
              c) End the propogation / lies machine (this is the toughest one, even the USA/CNN is struggling with this)
5) After major internal issues are resolved, invest 50 billion dollars to restore all 6000+ Tibet temples previously destroyed by agressive chinese take over - 10 year project. The Labour work force is to be consituted primarily of soliders & ex-Chinese leaders who allowed harsh criminal acts to take place during take over - like raping & killing 1 (1 million people) out of every 6 Tibetans over the last 40 years.
6) Once the resotration work is done, an additional 10 billion is granted to fly all the Tibetan's back to their homeland and provide them with the freedom & people they once had & help them get a start on their lives.
7) Free the REAL Panchen Lama (Tibet's #2 spiritual/political leader after the Dai Lai Lama)
8) Internationally declare in writting that Tibet is its own sovereign nation, that China profusely appologizes for the genoside it has created and state that Tibet's citizens are now truly Liberated (from the oppression of the Chinese).

Bonus chapters & follow-ups include:
9) Admitting that the Incidents in Tinneman Square happened
10) Stop brain washing their students in school
11) Allow freedom of religion including the serene practice of Falun Gong
12) Take down the Chinese Firewall

Perhaps if Microsoft could get a few elected officials to play & "win" this game, they could start getting a sense of what 'Liberation' really is.

Adeptus