Any Western company could be accused of outrage baiting, called racist, and then bullied into silence or being ignored.
But a Chinese company doing it has the ability to spread to the rest of the Chinese companies, and possibly the rest of Asia as well, who are far harder if not impossible to control in the same manner. And if they all start throwing off the chains, it'll make it extremely obvious the gap between Western and Asian games and push people further into escapism using them.
Its really the worse possible outcome for them.
Any Western company could be accused of outrage baiting, called racist, and then bullied into silence or being ignored.
But a Chinese company doing it has the ability to spread to the rest of the Chinese companies, and possibly the rest of Asia as well, who are far harder if not impossible to control in the same manner. And if they all start throwing off the chains, it'll make it extremely obvious the gap between Western and Asian games and push people further into escapism using them.
The gap was always there. Asia was never contaminated by Abrahamic prudism.