48 Times American Businesses Caved to Chinese Demands
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# | Summary | Date | Source |
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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 | |
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 | |
29 | ESPN acknowledges China's claims to South China Sea live on SportsCenter with graphic | 10/10/2019 | |
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 |
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