But as you said - that's Steams and Square Enix' decision and therefore at least this one can't be blamed on decisions made by German institutions like the BPjM. Germany does not ban games (in most cases) that's what I wanted to say. This is still not China after all.

Ehhh... let's not go there. The selection is considerably larger on the gog's Chinese storefront than the German storefront and I don't buy into the rather flawed logic of "Germany doesn't ban games, except when it does" either.

That's GOGs problem since they don't provide age verification - it has NOTHING to do with Germany that "banned" the games. It would not be any problem at all to buy all those games here in Germany without VPN or whatever. The reason that this is not possible sits in Poland and not in Germany. Not saying that I like the way how those youth protection system is working (I don't and I have expressed my dislike about this a few times) - but there is a big difference between banning a game and putting it on a list of games that (according to thoose institutions) do have potential of harming the youth. If you don't see it this way, that's up to you but you won't find any German law that forbids you to buy a certain game.

Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition is available for purchase on GOG in China.

Huh. That's... interesting. Doesn't China have a thing against showing gore and people dying in video games? Last I checked, there's an awful lot of that happening in Sleeping Dogs, especially when it comes to some of the environmental finishers.

The Chinese government rarely has a problem with gore or death in games, but of course there's a limit. Their big problem is political statements or anything that might be construed as negatively portraying China. If you do that you will definitely run into trouble.

Virtually all games on GOG and Steam are available in China. Steam is in fact extrememly popular here. I'm trying to educate people about GOG and I think I have substantially increased GOG's business in China. They really ought to pay me for it. The only times I have found games not available in China is usually because of distribution rights. I noticed that Biped which was made by a Chinese company is not available on GOG in China, but curiously is available on Steam.

Again, it is basically GOGs decision that it is not available on GOG in Germany - it has nothing to do with German laws that have banned the game. Germany only restricts certain games based on age and not for everyone. That's what I wanted to say. Germany does not ban things completely - China does.