Relationships between China and Japan have never been an easy thing, and recently things happened to further put a dent in that partnership, and it is because of one new game featuring a female hero. Based on a popular Chinese story, the new Japanese developed game has altered the content, so that it now plays as an adult warning adventure.

From the article:

Dream of the Red Chamber, also known as Dream of the Red Mansion, by Qing dynasty (1644-1911) author Cao Xueqin, chronicles a noble family's declining fortunes, and is often regarded as the zenith of classical Chinese fiction. The Japanese computer game, however, features images of scantily-clad young girls attached to chains and comes with an adults-only warning.

While the game's setting has little to do with the epic novel, its Chinese critics believe the main character -- a pallid young girl called Lin Daiyu -- is a direct take-off of the novel's heroine. They say the story's character has been slandered; she's described in the game as an illegitimate child born after her mother had an affair with a foreigner.

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