Blizzard suspended an e-gamer for donning a mask and saying “liberate Hong Kong.' China’s Tencent Holdings has a 4.9% stake in Activision Blizzard.
The Blizzard unit of Activision Blizzard ATVI, -2.31% suspended Chung “Blitzchung” Ng Wai for a year after donning a mask and saying “liberate Hong Kong” in a post-match interview.
[BREAKING] Hong Kong Hearthstone player @blitzchungHS calls for liberation of his country in post-game interview:https://t.co/3AgQAaPioj— 🎃 Inven Global 🎃 October 6, 2019 Blizzard also took away his prize money and removed him from what was called the Grandmasters event, which can award $200,000 to the top finisher. Blitzchung is one of the top players of a game called Hearthstone.
China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd. 700, -1.30% TCEHY, -0.83% has a 4.9% stake in Activision Blizzard, and was the company that decided to pull Houston Rockets games off the air in China after General Manager Daryl Morey tweeted an image that read, “Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.” The NBA attempted to distance itself from Morey’s comment, which in turn opened the league to criticism from Americans.
The protests in Hong Kong, which have drawn worldwide attention, started off as the rejection of an extradition bill but has transformed into months of violent clashes between protesters and police of the semiautonomous government, which is legally part of China. China has agreed with the U.K. for Hong Kong to be a capitalist, democratic area until 2047.Steve Goldstein Steve Goldstein is MarketWatch markets editor for Europe. Follow him on Twitter: @MKTWgoldstein.
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