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Sensitive Words: Video Game Easter Eggs Irk Censors

The inclusion of  “easter eggs” referencing pejorative nicknames of Chinese president Xi Jinping in an independent video game from Taiwan has resulted in several related terms becoming censored from Chinese search results or prohibited from being posted on Weibo, and has also led nationalistic Chinese gamers to review bomb the game. The sensitive references include one to  long-running comparisons of Xi to Winnie the Pooh, and another to a nickname poking