48 Times American Businesses Caved to Chinese Demands

#	Summary	Date	Source
1	Producers behind Red Dawn remake swapped Chinese flags and insignia for North Korean ones for fear of losing out on billion-dollar box office	11/23/2012	Daily Mail
2	‘Star Wars’ China Poster Sparks Controversy After Shrinking John Boyega’s Character	12/04/2015	Variety
3	Cisco’s Latest Attempt to Dodge Responsibility for Facilitating Human Rights Abuses: Export Rules	04/18/2016	Electronic Frontier Foundation
4	Tibet Supporters Protest Marvel's 'Doctor Strange' over Changed Character	11/03/2016	NBC News
5	Marriott sacks employee who ‘liked’ Twitter post from Tibet independence group	01/13/2018	South China Morning Post
6	How China Infiltrated U.S. Classrooms	01/16/2018	Politico
7	Gap apologizes for China T-shirt that didn't include Taiwan	05/15/2018	CNN
8	Apple’s iCloud partner in China will store user data on servers of state-run telecom	07/18/2018	The Verge
9	US airlines just gave into China's 'Orwellian' demands over Taiwan — here's every company that's done the same	07/25/2018	Business Insider
10	US universities self-censor in fear of offending China	09/04/2018	The New Republic
11	Tom Cruise’s leather jacket in the ‘Top Gun’ sequel shows just how crucial China is as a movie market	07/19/2019	CNBC
12	Calvin Klein, Coach, Fresh, among other companies apologizing over Hong Kong tensions	08/16/2019	What's on Weibo
13	Taiwan hotel cuts ties with Marriott in protest at caving in to Beijing in naming row	08/16/2019	South China Morning Post
14	The stakes are too high for Apple to spin the iPhone exploits	09/06/2019	The Verge
15	Revealed: how TikTok censors videos that do not please Beijing	09/25/2019	The Guardian
16	Disney officially blocked Winnie the Pooh in HONG KONG	10/04/2019	Reddit
17	Apple rejects Hong Kong protest map from App Store, relents under pressure	10/06/2019	Digital Trends
18	Apple bows to China by censoring Taiwan flag emoji	10/07/2019	Quartz
19	Vans shoes face boycott calls after company removes design referring to Hong Kong protests	10/07/2019	The Hill
20	NBA's reaction to Morey tweet differs in English, Chinese	10/07/2019	Associated Press
21	Brooklyn Nets owner, Alibaba co-founder Tsai decries Houston Rockets GM's Hong Kong tweet	10/07/2019	Reuters
22	Nike Removes All Houston Rockets Related Products From Their China Webstore	10/08/2019	Fadeaway World
23	Tiffany removes advert over Hong Kong controversy	10/08/2019	Yahoo!
24	Hearthstone Pro Banned By Blizzard After Calling For Hong Kong Liberation During Stream	10/08/2019	IGN
25	Internal Memo: ESPN Forbids Discussion Of Chinese Politics When Discussing Daryl Morey's Tweet About Chinese Politics	10/08/2019	Deadspin
26	Apple removes ‘Quartz’ news app from Chinese App Store at request of the government	10/09/2019	9to5
27	Sixers fan supporting Hong Kong ejected from preseason game amid NBA-China controversy	10/09/2019	ABC News Philadelphia
28	Washington Wizards Security Confiscate "Free Hong Kong" Sign from Fans	10/09/2019	Twitter
29	ESPN acknowledges China's claims to South China Sea live on SportsCenter with graphic	10/10/2019	Reddit
30	Apple Safari browser sends some user IP addresses to Chinese conglomerate Tencent by default	10/10/2019	Reclaim the Net
31	Apple Told Some Apple TV+ Show Developers Not To Anger China	10/11/2019	BuzzFeed News
32	Exclusive: CEO of world’s largest e-sports firm ESL warns staff not to discuss Hong Kong protests	10/12/2019	Hong Kong Free Press
33	Report: Apple told Apple TV+ creators to avoid portraying China ‘in a poor light’	10/12/2019	9to5
34	In 2017 Apple removed virtual private networks (VPNs) from its App Store because they allowed Internet users to evade government censorship	10/14/2019	NLPC
35	South East Asia angered after Dreamworks animated film "Abominable" includes scene depicting China with "nine-dash line"	10/16/2019	Reuters
36	Twitter Says Beijing’s Coronavirus Lies Are Just Fine	03/23/2020	Daily Beast
37	YouTube Censors Criticism of China	05/26/2020	Washington Free Beacon
38	Zoom closes account of U.S. based activist after Tiananmen event	06/10/2020	Axios
39	YouTube strips rising media company Epoch Times of ability to monetize video content	01/26/2021	Just the News
40	Apple helps China conduct surveillance on its citizens, suppress dissent, and promote Chinese propaganda	05/17/2021	The New York Times
41	Google & YouTube are removing videos and channels of Uyghurs & family members of people who have been disappeared in Xinjiang	07/01/2021	Reuters
42	Twitter blocks account of foreign policy expert that mocked Xi Jinping	07/07/2021	HotAir
43	LinkedIn blocks U.S. journalists' profiles in China	09/30/2021	Axios
44	Apple took down a Quran app and a Bible app in China on the request of Chinese officials	10/15/2021	Business Insider
45	Hollywood ‘removes black actress’ from Dune poster in China	10/26/2021	The Times UK
46	‘Fantastic Beasts 3’ Gay Dialogue Removed in China, Warner Bros. Says ‘Spirit of the Film Remains’	04/12/2022	Variety
47	Disney removes ‘Simpsons’ episode with China ‘forced labor’ reference from Hong Kong	02/07/2023	NBC News
48	Disney pulls "Simpsons" episode airing in Hong Kong over "forced labor" reference, report says	02/07/2023	CBS News