Despite lockdowns, the number of venues for playing jubensha, a live action role-playing game, has risen from fewer than 3,000 in 2019 to tens of thousands
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskDespite lockdowns, the number of venues for playing it has risen from fewer than 3,000 in 2019 to tens of thousands. A Chinese firm, iiMedia Research, estimates fans spent $2.7bn on the game in 2021. From a survey of internet users it concluded that, by 2021,The game is what is known outside China as “live action role-playing”, or larping.
You do not need to be Sherlock Holmes to work out that when the government publishes bad news linked to a form of entertainment, a clampdown is likely. In January Shanghai became the first Chinese city to publish regulations governingscripts. They set out ten types of prohibited content, such as any that “propagates” sex, violence or superstition or that “threatens national security”. Scripts must be submitted to local officials.
Many players fret about how this will end. “Could it be that they want to create politically correct versions about beating landlords?” asks Ashley Miao, a businesswoman in Shanghai who loves the mental exercise involved in. A Weibo user with more than 14,000 followers put it more bluntly: “If you want us to become North Koreans, just say so.”China
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