Submitted by ziq in China (edited )

Bootlickers

  • 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

  • Apple: censor Taiwan flag emoji in iOS in HK

  • Apple: banned HK protest map from App Store. Approved app after backlash. Banned app once again after China protested.

  • Apple: removed from China App Store news app that covered HK protest

  • Vans: censor pro-HK democracy design in its shoe design competition

  • 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.

  • Disney / ESPN: forbid mention of Chinese politics when discussing Rockets manager's HK tweet

  • Viacom / Paramount: censor Taiwan flag from the jacket worn by Tom Cruise in new "Top Gun" movie

  • 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".

  • ASICS, Calvin Klein, Coach, Fresh, Givenchy, Pocari Sweat, Valentino, Versace, Swarovski: details here

  • Marriott: apologized & changed "Taiwan" to "Taiwan, China" after China threw complained.

  • Nike: removed Houston Rockets products from China webstore

  • Activision Blizzard: cut livestream when American U team held up pro-HK sign.

  • Apple: handed over iCloud data & encryption keys to China

  • Cathay Pacific: fired employees for FB posts supporting HK protests.

  • 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

  • Google: censored pro-HK game "The Revolution of Our Times" from Google Play because it was about a "sensitive event".

  • Gap: apologized for selling T-shirts IN CANADA that didn't include Taiwan as part of China

  • Tiffany: removed tweet showing model covering 1 eye after China accused it of supporting HK

  • Marriott: fired employee who liked tweet from Tibetan group

  • Mercedes: apologized for quoting Dalai Lama on Instagram

  • American, Delta, United: deleted mention of Taiwan as a country from websites

  • Audi: apologized for using "incorrect" map of China that left off Taiwan

  • Muji: destroyed store catalogs that contain "incorrect" map of China

  • Zara: apologized for listing Taiwan as country

  • Medtronic: apologized for publishing "illegal content" that listed "Republic of China (Taiwan)" as country

  • Ray-Ban: changed "Taiwan" & "Hongkong" to "China Taiwan" & "China Hongkong"

  • Qantas, Air France, Air Canada, British Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Japan Airlines, ANA: changed "Taiwan" to "Taiwan China"

  • TikTok: censor videos that mention Tiananmen Square, Tibetan independence, Falun Gong

  • Sheraton: banned Taiwan National Day event under China pressure

  • Disney: removed non-white characters from Chinese poster of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

  • Philly Sixers: ejected fans for supporting HK

  • Princeton: don't talk about 3 Ts: Tibet, Tiananmen, Taiwan

  • Leica: released ad on Tiananmen protest. Apologized & distanced itself from ad

  • Reddit: took $150M from Tencent. Removed threads like this

  • Rockhampton, Queensland: censored Taiwan flag in student project

  • Cisco: helped build Great Firewall including module to persecute Falun Gong

  • MGM: changed Red Dawn's villain from China to N Korea to placate China

  • Global Blue: fired staff for calling Taiwan a country

  • L'Oréal / Lancôme: canceled HK artist concert for her pro-democracy activism

  • US universities: self-censor in fear of offending China

  • Disney: block Winnie the Pooh website in HK


Companies That Have Stood Up to China

  • Matt Stone & Trey Parker: South Park "Band in China" episode leads to South Park being banned in China.

  • Ubisoft: listened to fans, said no to China after initially saying they would tone down game content to be China-compliant.

  • Prague: cancel partnership with Beijing over 1-China principle

  • Immutable: offer to repay banned gamer's winnings that was confiscated by Blizzard, got cyber attacked as a result

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