As soon as "Pokemon Go" was released on July 6 in Australia and New Zealand, and eventually in the US, gamers from all over the world, including those from China, got overly excited.

However, it can be noted that there are some countries, especially in Asia, who still do not have access to the app. How can they have a feel of the augmented reality game from Niantic and The Pokemon Company then? Do they still hope to play it eventually?

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As narrated by a graduate student in the southwestern city of Chongqing, despite the fact that he was able to download "Pokemon Go" on his phone using his pal's US-based iPhone app store account, 24-year-old Kai Wan could still not play the game in China, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Accordingly, the problem happens when he tried catching pocket monsters since the GPS, which is very important in running the app, appeared to be blocked that he even got an error message claiming that there is no GPS signal in his location.

Wang, who admitted to have grown up loving Pokemon TV shows and comic books, shared that his experience with Pokemon Go in China was disappointing.

"Every day we see pictures online from people in the U.S. capturing interesting Pokémon. It's frustrating," he said.

As explained by the report, this happened because Chinese app stores do not carry the Japanese game and the Google accounts used to create a player account cannot be accessed without a software that will "circumvent" China's internet blocks called the Great Firewall.

On the other hand, CNET reported that the "Pokemon Go" clone app has been the most popular app in Apple's iOS stores in China.

Called the "City Spirit Go," it also uses geo-location to find and catch battle creatures, a gameplay similar to what Niantic Labs developed.

Keep posted for more "Pokemon Go" release date update and news, including those in China.

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