Having lived in Hong Kong for many years I feel I’m qualified to comment on one feature of Chinese society and that is their love of gaming as a pastime.  For many Chinese, gaming is the essence of their idea of sport and provides many with one of the pleasures life has to offer.

In keeping up with things in Hong Kong, it’s impossible these days not to factor in things happening in China.  Hong Kong is now a part of China proper and recent moves by the Chinese authorities to associate gaming with internet pornography in their latest crackdown is distressing.

The creation of “virtual cops� to monitor internet activity  in China masks an insecurity on the part of Chinese authorities in which online gaming is a convenient scapegoat. Could it be that we are to see a similar crackdown in Asia to that of the US’ now infamous UIGEA laws?  And what will this mean to the fledgling online bingo industry and those of us who travel regularly to this part of the world and look forward to an occasional game?

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