Recently, according to a number of Hong Kong media reports, the Hong Kong Football Association announced its withdrawal from the e-sports version of the Asian Cup, because the team names in the game program of the event did not contain the word "China". The e-sports version of the Asian Cup was held in Qatar, and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR**) was invited to send a delegation to participate. They were supposed to face the UAE according to the schedule, but on the eve of the game, a series of surprising problems occurred. In the promotion of the event, the organizer used "hong kong, China" to refer to the Hong Kong team, but during the game, the Hong Kong FA found that the team name displayed on the game screen was not "hong kong, China", but "hong kong". The Hong Kong FA immediately approached the organisers, but the other party responded perfunctorily on the grounds of "technical issues". As the Hong Kong FA followed the advice of the SF&OC, they decided to withdraw from the competition.
According to people familiar with the matter, the Hong Kong team only learned of the withdrawal when the game was about to start. It took months of hard training for the coach and the players to participate in this competition, and it was regrettable that they had expected to achieve good results, but they suffered this unexpected and unfortunate incident. Hong Kong FA president Pei Junqi said that it was a "matter of principle" to write only "Hong Kong" in the name of the team in the tournament, and the decision to withdraw was to avoid unnecessary controversy. FA Chairman Fok Kai-shan said that Hong Kong accepted the invitation to participate in the e-sports version of the Asian Cup and provided relevant information as required by the event, but the tournament organisers failed to implement it correctly.
It is understood that the organizer of this event is Google's YouTube. Some speculate that this move may be motivated by hostility towards the Hong Kong SAR**. In the second half of 2021, Hong Kong** repeatedly asked Google to remove YouTube videos that violated the National Security Law, but Google did not respond, citing lack of clarity in the request. At the end of 2022, the Hong Kong government again asked Google to put the Chinese national anthem "March of the Volunteers" at the top of search results, but Google refused on the grounds that the algorithm automatically generated it. Hong Kong's security secretary, Tang Ping-keung, expressed outrage, calling Google's claims "bizarre." The Hong Kong government has been negotiating with Google, but the other party refuses to accept the admonition, and instead asks the Hong Kong government to prove that the ** song violates Hong Kong law. Hong Kong's Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong revealed that Google clearly harbors political goals and tries to use this incident to engage in an international war with the Hong Kong government.
Overall, Google's performance in this incident can be said to be vulnerable, and its withdrawal from the mainland market has already caused it to lose some of its business baggage. Unlike Apple, Google has clearly been unscrupulous in this case, and although Hong Kong cannot be completely Google, it can only defend issues of principle through consultation and legal means. This withdrawal incident shows the persistence of the HKSAR** on the issue of principle, and I believe that they can properly handle this situation.
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