Bootlickers
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Activision Blizzard: banned player for supporting HK democracy protest. Confiscated all his winnings. Fired his interviewers. Apologized to China: condemned incident, swore to defend China's national dignity
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Apple: censor Taiwan flag emoji in iOS in HK
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Apple: banned HK protest map from App Store. Approved app after backlash. Banned app once again after China protested.
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Apple: removed from China App Store news app that covered HK protest
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Vans: censor pro-HK democracy design in its shoe design competition
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NBA (partial entry): rebuked Rockets manager for his pro-HK tweet, saying NBA was "extremely disappointed with Morey's inappropriate comment." Backpedalled after backlash, now saying they support Morey's freedom of speech.
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Disney / ESPN: forbid mention of Chinese politics when discussing Rockets manager's HK tweet
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Viacom / Paramount: censor Taiwan flag from the jacket worn by Tom Cruise in new "Top Gun" movie
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Disney / Marvel: censored Tibetan monk from "Doctor Strange" & turned him into white woman. Movie screenwriter: "if you acknowledge that Tibet is a place & that he’s Tibetan, you risk alienating one billion people who think that that’s bullshit".
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ASICS, Calvin Klein, Coach, Fresh, Givenchy, Pocari Sweat, Valentino, Versace, Swarovski: details here
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Marriott: apologized & changed "Taiwan" to "Taiwan, China" after China threw complained.
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Nike: removed Houston Rockets products from China webstore
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Activision Blizzard: cut livestream when American U team held up pro-HK sign.
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Apple: handed over iCloud data & encryption keys to China
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Cathay Pacific: fired employees for FB posts supporting HK protests.
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Apple: minimized the seriousness of iOS exploits that enabled China to track Uyghurs, when 1M+ of them are rounded up by China in concentration camps
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Google: censored pro-HK game "The Revolution of Our Times" from Google Play because it was about a "sensitive event".
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Gap: apologized for selling T-shirts IN CANADA that didn't include Taiwan as part of China
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Tiffany: removed tweet showing model covering 1 eye after China accused it of supporting HK
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Marriott: fired employee who liked tweet from Tibetan group
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Mercedes: apologized for quoting Dalai Lama on Instagram
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American, Delta, United: deleted mention of Taiwan as a country from websites
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Audi: apologized for using "incorrect" map of China that left off Taiwan
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Muji: destroyed store catalogs that contain "incorrect" map of China
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Zara: apologized for listing Taiwan as country
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Medtronic: apologized for publishing "illegal content" that listed "Republic of China (Taiwan)" as country
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Ray-Ban: changed "Taiwan" & "Hongkong" to "China Taiwan" & "China Hongkong"
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Qantas, Air France, Air Canada, British Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Japan Airlines, ANA: changed "Taiwan" to "Taiwan China"
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TikTok: censor videos that mention Tiananmen Square, Tibetan independence, Falun Gong
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Sheraton: banned Taiwan National Day event under China pressure
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Disney: removed non-white characters from Chinese poster of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
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Philly Sixers: ejected fans for supporting HK
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Princeton: don't talk about 3 Ts: Tibet, Tiananmen, Taiwan
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Leica: released ad on Tiananmen protest. Apologized & distanced itself from ad
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Reddit: took $150M from Tencent. Removed threads like this
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Rockhampton, Queensland: censored Taiwan flag in student project
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Cisco: helped build Great Firewall including module to persecute Falun Gong
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MGM: changed Red Dawn's villain from China to N Korea to placate China
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Global Blue: fired staff for calling Taiwan a country
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L'Oréal / Lancôme: canceled HK artist concert for her pro-democracy activism
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US universities: self-censor in fear of offending China
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Disney: block Winnie the Pooh website in HK
Companies That Have Stood Up to China
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Matt Stone & Trey Parker: South Park "Band in China" episode leads to South Park being banned in China.
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Ubisoft: listened to fans, said no to China after initially saying they would tone down game content to be China-compliant.
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Prague: cancel partnership with Beijing over 1-China principle
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Immutable: offer to repay banned gamer's winnings that was confiscated by Blizzard, got cyber attacked as a result