The professional e-sports gaming team ‘Gen.G Esports (hereafter referred to as Gen.G)’ is causing controversy by issuing an official statement supporting One China.
Today, on the 20th, Gen.G made an official statement on Weibo, China’s major social and community network service. The current controversy is because Zenji said in the statement that it “firmly respects and supports China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.” Gen.G also added, “Due to this incident, we will be canceling all outside events planned for this year.”
The reason Gen.G released this statement comes from a post about the Taiwan event posted by Gen.G LoL’s official Facebook account on the 20th. In the now-deleted post, Gen.G referred to Taiwan as a foreign country, and the post spread on Weibo, a major Chinese social media platform, causing great controversy.
Gen.G deleted the post on Facebook and posted an apology, and also posted the same post on Gen.G’s official Weibo account.
Below is the full official statement of Gen.G.
Community users, including domestic esports fans, who heard this news are expressing disappointment at the club’s statement. Currently, there are many countries in the middle of territorial disputes in the border areas with China, and Korea is also a country in a territorial sea dispute with China.
Domestic fans criticize Gen.G’s response, saying that although it is true that China plays an important role in the e-sports business, Gen.G’s response was rather hasty as it is an issue that will cause problems for domestic feeling and many countries. . The opinion is that the club, which will carry out various global projects in the future, needs to be more careful.
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