This sucks that GOG wasn't going to carry it, considering it's not carried anywhere else. And those stores didn't step up for this December 18 release for the exact same reason that GOG is backtracking. It's weird that they reversed course considering that they have to have expected this response, but it's hard for me to especially hold them in contempt.
I also find it weird that people are acting like there aren't a large, engaged group of Chinese consumers with a history of independently overreacting to perceived slights against China, such as the recent
blowup against K-Pop group BTS over a tribute to those that fought in the Korean War. The Chinese government doesn't have to do everything itself for companies with business in the region to get hurt.