In China, the game was not officially released yet, since it has yet to be approved by Chinese authorities. Still, it was already available via Chinese online shops like Taobao and Pinduoduo, while some Chinese players were simply switching region on the Nintendo eShop in order to buy the game. The game was very popular in China too, and it helped many Chinese to cope with the quarantine and crisis resulted from COVID-10 pandemic. Some teachers in China even used the game as a way to teach their students online.<\/a><\/p>\n But yesterday, all of a sudden, the game simply disappeared from all online shops in China, without any official statement from authorities. And not just the game, but listings where Chinese players were selling in-game items and currency have also disappeared.<\/p>\n Speculations are that the reason behind it lies in Hong Kong protesters who are using the game as a way of sending messages against the Chinese government and supporting the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, like Joshua Wong, who is a prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist. Report from The News Lens<\/a> says that it’s also used to “design ‘funerals’ featuring Xi Jinping’s headshots”.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n