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Disney Bows to China, Censors Its Own Content
Western Journal ^ | November 29, 2021 | Jack Davis

Posted on 11/29/2021 9:38:08 AM PST by lowbridge

As Disney+ launches in Hong Kong, viewers have noticed that the streaming service has kowtowed to China by editing out something that might offend the Chinese Community Party.

An episode of “The Simpsons” that includes a scene in Tiananmen Square is not available in Hong Kong, according to CNN.

The episode was No. 12 in the long-running animated series’ 16th season. For Hong Kong subscribers, that season goes from Episode 11 to Episode 13.

The 2005 episode, “Goo Goo Gai Pan,” covers the cartoon family’s travels in China.

When the Simpsons visit Tiananmen Square in Beijing, they see a plaque that reads, “On this site, in 1989, nothing happened.”

The sarcasm is a reference to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, a banned subject in China. Months-long student-led demonstrations were brutally broken up on June 4, 1989, at the cost of several hundred lives.

In the episode, the Simpsons also visit the embalmed body of Mao Zedong, whom Homer Simpson describes as “a little angel that killed 50 million people,” according to The New York Times.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: china; disney; simpsons

1 posted on 11/29/2021 9:38:08 AM PST by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Disney: Family spineless capitulation to evil.


2 posted on 11/29/2021 9:42:10 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Buck Foe Jiden!)
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To: lowbridge

In the episode, the Simpsons also visit the embalmed body of Mao Zedong, whom Homer Simpson describes as “a little angel that killed 50 million people,” according to The New York Times.

No surprise Winnie the Pooh dropped that episode in the memory hole.


3 posted on 11/29/2021 9:43:26 AM PST by Flick Lives (The future is a quiet world)
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To: lowbridge

“a little angel that killed 50 million people“

Which is no doubt offensive because the party hasn’t given permission to call them people.


4 posted on 11/29/2021 9:45:49 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: lowbridge

It is so disgusting to see these cowards caving in to such a filthy evil racist regime. These CEOs and Boards are cowards. China is entirely untrustworthy and will screw them all at every turn. China has broken every promise from Hong Kong onward.


5 posted on 11/29/2021 9:51:09 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: lowbridge

Snow White is now Yellow Snow


6 posted on 11/29/2021 10:06:45 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: lowbridge

I guess “The Aristocats” is also a no sale in Hong Kong?


7 posted on 11/29/2021 10:07:21 AM PST by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: lowbridge
No surprise, Disney done it before by removing the Black and Arab guys from the Star Wars Chinese poster


8 posted on 11/29/2021 10:24:38 AM PST by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: qam1

What nationality is Chewie? He’s missing too.


9 posted on 11/29/2021 11:04:56 AM PST by Hessian (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.)
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To: qam1

and the Wookiee too


10 posted on 11/29/2021 11:05:52 AM PST by algore
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To: lowbridge

Yet, they have nearly nude “family pics” hanging besides Lilo’s (a Hawaiian child) bed, in the Lilo and Stitch movie.

Protect the Chicoms from the truth....yet, fill our own children with evil images.

Got it.


11 posted on 11/29/2021 11:09:57 AM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
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To: lowbridge

Yes, Disney, Hollywood, etal, all of them touching their toes for China.


12 posted on 11/29/2021 12:29:17 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: qam1

...The black guy is still in the poster, he’s just smaller and moved down. The pilot suit guy, how can you even tell if he’s Arab or black..?


13 posted on 11/29/2021 4:59:36 PM PST by Svartalfiar
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To: qam1

And the Wookie, whats his offense?


14 posted on 11/30/2021 7:35:39 AM PST by gnickgnack2 ( Another bad day for Trump, he only got seven major things accomplished .)
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