Why would kids just not immediately switch to something else? This reads like a parent saying video games should only be educational because of course the kid only cares about it being a video game and not the content.
It works in China because they have chat control to the extreme.
And shockingly, the company actually listens to the Chinese government. Because the company knows that if they resist, their executives will at best be quickly "re-educated", or straight up disappeared overnight.
Here, the company would simply bribe the lawmakers, who would in turn spout off some mealy-mouthed gibberish on their party's favorite propaganda network, and business would continue as normal.
It works in China because they have chat control to the extreme.