[Technology] Tencent and Chinese video game companies shook to call state media “spiritual opium” (updated: original report changed) Updated at 23:20 GMT: Following the original news article by Xinhua News Agency, the inventory of most video game companies in China plummeted.This was clearly not what Beijing was pleased with, but earlier today (I was working!) It was revealed by [South China Morning Post](//www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3143625/chinese-newspaper-deletes-report-called-video-gaming-spiritual-opium) The original story (discussed below) was deleted, and then many key comments were deleted and re-uploaded. Especially removed was to call the game “spiritual opium”. “This report certainly does not represent an official position,” a source who...