I think so, too. This looks like preemptive obedience by GOG. It looks like they didn't know what the game was when they cleared it for launch in the store, later discovered the controversy and did the last minute pull to display preemptive obedience to everyone in mainland China who remembers the controversy. It's true that Xi Jinping doesn't get much love outside of mainland China but insults are not constructive criticism. I'd say Chinese players have a right to be offended. Especially if they and their families have personally benefitted from Xi Jinping's policy of ending poverty for millions of people. On the other hand, the offensive content was removed from the game. Are there no second chances in Chinese culture?

You just described western corporate censorship. Everything that offends "protected groups" (which aren't children or people with severe disabilities but teenagers or adults that are often strong and healthy, just have mentality of a 10yo crybaby) is instantly gagged. And now there's "cancel culture" where those corps allow crowds to roam free attacking some person they don't agree with even if it really violates the law in pretty much 90% of the world.
Of course there will be kids that saying "it's not censorship because those are private entities". Lawyers they ain't. A private company is a subject of the law. Same as any citizen. They must abide it. But when it comes to *some* people law becomes a soft rubber stick - they can twist and bend it the way they like.

Also when it comes tho corporate censorship and woke crowds - tha's worse than govt censorship. Because when something is a law everything is clear - you can't insult goverment, you can't display Nazi stuff in media etc-etc. Crystal clear. Good it or bad but dura lex sed lex. Unlike corporate stuff where they just gag you without even explaining what you said wrong. There are multiple cases when people got their channels or accounts deleted without explanations and those people didn't violate any laws not even rules listed in ToS.

Now back to companies and what players want. Players want games *they* like. Companies want to make money (what a surprise, a company that exists to make money wants to make money...) Which means that they have to again abide the law of the countries where they operate. Sure laws can be different. Thats why some games aren't released in some regions or getting censored. You live in the country where something is being censored and you don't like it. Here's the real life game for you then - go to the university, get good education, get into local govenment, climb to the top - get into country's goverment and propose the change. Brutal difficulty for sure but real rewards. Until then well... money talks.
That's how adult world works.

You being offended by an Earlier version of the game because it made fun of your leader is already weird for Western standards (making fun of politicians is a healthy thing in true democracies, you know, places where there isn't a dictator for life that can't be mocked), but ok, we could understand a ban of the game in your country (it would still be weird, I mean, if you don't like a game just vote with your wallet, leave your 1 star rating and comment and let others decide for themselves what to do).

Now, the moment Chinese inner politics starts affecting everyone else rights to purchase a product we have a problem and you no longer have my sympathies regardless of me trying to understand your cultural background. In other words, this actually hurts the Chinese image outside. You're not even a US-like superpower with troops in every continent and you're already dictating what I can and can't buy - this is not good and we will resist it.

I understand your position. A lot of progress was achieved under the CCP's leadership. This is true.
And no insult will change the facts. Why can't you forgive RedCandleGames after their apology?
What would you need to move on and forgive them? When everyone gets along, mainland and Taiwan, there will be one China.

Haha you think gog is bad for censorshi0 go try steam, They would of 100 percent banned you for this post, and the whole topic. If you kept posting on different parts of steam, not only would they fourm ban you, they would block you from multiplayer.

Maybe he's using Linux?
You can play games without Microsoft's involvement.

Most people nowadays, especially young ones be like "MY WAY OR NO WAY" especially in the West. They don't even realize that different cultures do exist. that Asia is different in many ways from the West. It's not bad or good, it is what it is.

And western way while works in western countries, better in one place, worse in the others, we all know what a failure it was when they tried to install it in the Middle East. Because people there are nothing like westerners.

Also i really like how the notion of democracy changed in some countries from "majority decides, minority obeys but they have right to make more people to take their side when the next time to vote comes" to "a vocal part of a small minority dictates everyone how to live and think". It will take some time to realize that their way can be better... for them, but not for the others. From my experience a lot of people nowadays knows just a few things about WW2, they don't know that China lost 20+ millions in that war, mostly civilians. That Japan was the same as nazi Germany, just worse because Germans were doing for about 6 years, Japan was doing it to China and Korea (mostly but not only) for many years.
I've even heard some people having the audacity of saying that Axis countries had greater losses than Allied. Sure. 4% is greater than 60... And that's not counting military losses. If we'll count those it will be more than double numbers of losses for Allies vs Axis. If "protected categories" in the West can demand change or removal of something when theres something *some* of them finds offensive, i guess people from China have the same right. Especially when something is *really* offensive and just tasteless.

This is so off the point it is mind boggling. I, for instance, still use my old Win7 computer (somewhat upgraded, but still) and I refused to upgrade to Win10. I use a very old version of MS Office and LibreBR instead of the new stuff. I did buy a Linux computer since then to learn the stuff.

I buy my games here at GOG, but I still own some games there at Steam. If I decide to never buy another game here in this platform I'll still have 600+ games I bought here. This is not the sort of stuff you can do in one day.

I deleted all my steam stuff in one day and went to this with not many games. I agree with you on linux though, I tried that, and it tkaes way more then 1 day. I tried for 3 days and realized I would be spending more time messing with files than playing games and went back to windows and gog galaxy, which i like alot, gog galaxy not windows. I hate windows 10, but I do like that my new hardware works. I do miss windows 7 alot.

Taiwan is an independent sovereign nation. Only China refuses to recognize this fact.
Taiwanese enjoy and prosper with democracy and have no interest in living under communism.

I'm sorry you live in a country where an ordinary person is a powerless tool.