Glorious Mission Online, a first-person shooting game launched in China and codeveloped by the People’s Liberation Army, lets gamers defeat Japan in the fake quest to take back real islands. The game includes the real-life plot in which China and Japan fight over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands, which sit in the East China Sea and have prompted territorial skirmishes. In the game, which was released Thursday — the 86th anniversary of the founding of the PLA — players can fight with the Chinese military to take back the islands.
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Chinese Video Game Simulates Real-World Island Dispute
Posted by: David Vranicar August 1, 2013 09:10 AMGlorious Mission Online, a first-person shooting game launched in China and codeveloped by the People’s Liberation Army, lets gamers defeat Japan in the fake quest to take back real islands. The game includes the real-life plot in which China and Japan fight over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands, which sit in the East China Sea and have prompted territorial skirmishes. In the game, which was released Thursday — the 86th anniversary of the founding of the PLA — players can fight with the Chinese military to take back the islands.