Commentary The Economic Information Daily, a subsidiary of Chinese state-run media Xinhua News, published a report on Aug. 3 that heavily criticizes Tencent Holdings’ flagship game “Honor of Kings.” Tencent has throughout the years been bending over backwards to adhere to Beijing’s regulations for online games, but now the company is in hot water. This shows that China’s “Online Game Anti-Addiction System,” which was mandated by the regime 14 years ago, is nothing but a political tool of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). At present, all online games on the Chinese market are equipped with an anti-addiction system that restricts minors’ gaming time to 3 hours a day. Game operators are also required to have players register with their real names in order to identify minors through a “national real-name verification system.” The policy was first implemented in 2007 and at that time did not include mobile games—it was revised …