After briefly pulling the original article before republishing a version that’s dramatically toned down, Chinese state media further tempered its criticisms of the video game industry on Wednesday as the People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the ruling Communist Party, said in an opinion piece that “all sectors of society” must help protect minors from unspecified “Internet dangers.” The article is notable in that it didn’t assign blame to the video game industry. What’s more, another article said video games have benefits including broadcasting “positive energy.” On China’s Weibo, a twitter-like social media service, Global Times editor Hu Xijin (who…