


In China, a censorship and surveillance project operated by authorities called "Golden Shield Project" blocks access to Google search, social media like Facebook and Twitter, as well as messaging apps like Line. There, I immediately tried to download Let's Hunt Monsters to my iPhone X, but for some reason I couldn't find it on the Chinese app store. 20, I touched down at the airport in Nanjing, capital of China's southeastern Jiangsu province. The game, developed by major Chinese information technology firm Tencent Holdings Ltd., is not available on Japanese app stores, and apparently can only be played in China. Then someone told me about an app known to its fans as "Let's Hunt Monsters," which became somewhat famous in Japan after being billed as a Chinese version of Pokemon Go. But I was devastated to discover that China's restrictions on geolocation services like Google Maps, which many AR games rely on for their services, mean a lot of my preferred games are unplayable in the country. In late November 2019, I was sent on a week-long business trip to China. These kinds of augmented reality (AR) games, which are now popular worldwide, are said to have positive effects on users' health because they make players walk around with their smartphones. I've hit Pokemon Go's maximum trainer level of 40, and I've been nurturing a new obsession with Dragon Quest Walk since its release in September 2019.
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