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So far I've noticed: 1> New Top Gun Movie removed a patch on Tom Cruises jacketdue to Chinese funding. 2> NBA issued an apology for an owner showing Hong K

So far I've noticed: 1> New Top Gun Movie removed a patch on Tom Cruises jacketdue to Chinese funding. 2> NBA issued an apology for an owner showing Hong Kong support and China stopped NBA broadcasts. 3> Blizzard 4> Apple Hides Taiwans Flag emoji Sounds trivial but they're the tip of the iceberg for censoring freedom of expression based on a DICTATOR's whim. Xi "Winnie The Poop" is an autocrat and once he sealed his grip on power and lifted term limits. The fact is, the people are fighting a restriction on their freedom, in order to benefit the powerful. This is a tale as old as humanity itself. This is also what I fear will happen to America if we're not careful. I think we need to be united in standing up against restrictions on the freedom of expression.

adolph 7y ago
It is “Pooh” with an H not a P at the end. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh
- _ZeD_ 7y ago
  wooosh
- nickthemagicman 7y ago
  That was intentional :)
johnfactorial 7y ago
5> Vans removes innocuous custom shoe design https://www.cnn.com/style/article/vans-hong-kong-intl-hnk-scli/index.html https://www.cnn.com/style/article/vans-hong-kong-intl-hnk-sc...
whateveracct 7y ago
CCTV just banned the NBA because Adam Silver defended Morey's free speech and refused to punish him.
- johnfactorial 7y ago
  ”We’re strongly dissatisfied and oppose Adam Silver’s claim to support Morey’s right to freedom of expression,” CCTV said in a statement. “We believe that any remarks that challenge national sovereignty and social stability are not within the scope of freedom of speech.” Chinese state television clearly stating that the organization (and government that manages it) does not hold to the principles China agreed to when they voted in favor of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which reads: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/8/20904593/nba-china-commissioner-adam-silver-no-apology https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/8/20904593/nba-china-co... https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/ https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/
projproj 7y ago
- 2009 Red Dawn remake originally filmed to use China as the invaders but was edited to use North Korea afterwards [0] - Apparently the same thing was done for the 2011 game Homefront [0] [0] https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-china-red-dawn-20110316-story.html https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-china-red-dawn-2...
- danso 7y ago
  This is a tangent, but the "Red Dawn" example is kind of amusing to me because in 2009, a China-is-the-new-Cold-War-Russia film seems patently offensive to Chinese and Chinese-Americans, even without Chinese government political pressure. That the filmmakers belatedly switched the villains to North Korea is kind of offensive to me as an Asian, since it seems to reveal a thought process of "let's just make any Asians the villains". In 1984, Russia as the villains makes sense since we were several decades into the Cold War at that point. Putting aside the fact that they are hugely valuable trade allies, we have never been at war with China, or (at least in 2009) been involved in any kind of proxy conflict along the scale of Afghanistan and Vietnam. Making China the new Russia is as off-putting as making Mexico the villains of a "Red Dawn" remake. If the rationale is: "Well, only China makes sense because they're the only rival superpower left". That still leaves unanswered the obvious question of: why do we need this kind of military occupation fantasy at all? Or, if realism truly is a concern, and the filmmaker's artistic passion for the military occupation genre, then why not remake it with the U.S. as the invading superpower, and the hero resistance being, well, just about any other country (doesn't even have to be Middle Eastern)? The cynical answer to the latter question, of course, is that such a movie would be so denounced by American public figures (political and non-political) that the studio/fillmaker would be effectively blacklisted from mainstream U.S. business. Much like releasing a "China is the Bad Others!" film would be if you wanted mainstream Chinese patronage.
vonmoltke 7y ago
> 2> NBA issued an apology for an owner showing Hong Kong support and China stopped NBA broadcasts. The NBA has not issued an apology to China: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/8/20904593/nba-china-commissioner-adam-silver-no-apology https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/8/20904593/nba-china-co...
- Rebelgecko 7y ago
  According to random people online that speak Mandarin, the statement the NBA released on Chinese social media was DRASTICALLY different from their English statement. Paraphrasing slightly, the English statement was along the lines of "we're sorry if he hurt your feelings". The Mandarin one was more like "we're sorry that these wrong and despicable statements were made".
alexandre_m 7y ago
There's also South Park being banned in China because of an episode that depicted the way everyone tries to please the Chinese government. Oh the irony.

adolph 7y ago

It is “Pooh” with an H not a P at the end. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh

_ZeD_ 7y ago
wooosh
nickthemagicman 7y ago
That was intentional :)

johnfactorial 7y ago

5> Vans removes innocuous custom shoe design https://www.cnn.com/style/article/vans-hong-kong-intl-hnk-scli/index.html https://www.cnn.com/style/article/vans-hong-kong-intl-hnk-sc...

whateveracct 7y ago

CCTV just banned the NBA because Adam Silver defended Morey's free speech and refused to punish him.

johnfactorial 7y ago
”We’re strongly dissatisfied and oppose Adam Silver’s claim to support Morey’s right to freedom of expression,” CCTV said in a statement. “We believe that any remarks that challenge national sovereignty and social stability are not within the scope of freedom of speech.” Chinese state television clearly stating that the organization (and government that manages it) does not hold to the principles China agreed to when they voted in favor of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which reads: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/8/20904593/nba-china-commissioner-adam-silver-no-apology https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/8/20904593/nba-china-co... https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/ https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/

projproj 7y ago

- 2009 Red Dawn remake originally filmed to use China as the invaders but was edited to use North Korea afterwards [0] - Apparently the same thing was done for the 2011 game Homefront [0] [0] https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-china-red-dawn-20110316-story.html https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-china-red-dawn-2...

danso 7y ago
This is a tangent, but the "Red Dawn" example is kind of amusing to me because in 2009, a China-is-the-new-Cold-War-Russia film seems patently offensive to Chinese and Chinese-Americans, even without Chinese government political pressure. That the filmmakers belatedly switched the villains to North Korea is kind of offensive to me as an Asian, since it seems to reveal a thought process of "let's just make any Asians the villains". In 1984, Russia as the villains makes sense since we were several decades into the Cold War at that point. Putting aside the fact that they are hugely valuable trade allies, we have never been at war with China, or (at least in 2009) been involved in any kind of proxy conflict along the scale of Afghanistan and Vietnam. Making China the new Russia is as off-putting as making Mexico the villains of a "Red Dawn" remake. If the rationale is: "Well, only China makes sense because they're the only rival superpower left". That still leaves unanswered the obvious question of: why do we need this kind of military occupation fantasy at all? Or, if realism truly is a concern, and the filmmaker's artistic passion for the military occupation genre, then why not remake it with the U.S. as the invading superpower, and the hero resistance being, well, just about any other country (doesn't even have to be Middle Eastern)? The cynical answer to the latter question, of course, is that such a movie would be so denounced by American public figures (political and non-political) that the studio/fillmaker would be effectively blacklisted from mainstream U.S. business. Much like releasing a "China is the Bad Others!" film would be if you wanted mainstream Chinese patronage.

vonmoltke 7y ago

> 2> NBA issued an apology for an owner showing Hong Kong support and China stopped NBA broadcasts. The NBA has not issued an apology to China: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/8/20904593/nba-china-commissioner-adam-silver-no-apology https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/8/20904593/nba-china-co...

Rebelgecko 7y ago
According to random people online that speak Mandarin, the statement the NBA released on Chinese social media was DRASTICALLY different from their English statement. Paraphrasing slightly, the English statement was along the lines of "we're sorry if he hurt your feelings". The Mandarin one was more like "we're sorry that these wrong and despicable statements were made".

alexandre_m 7y ago

There's also South Park being banned in China because of an episode that depicted the way everyone tries to please the Chinese government. Oh the irony.