#BUSINESS HALL OF BOOTLICKERS / CAPITALIST COWARDS

**FIFA** fines Hong Kong soccer body for China anthem protest – FIFA said Wednesday the charge against Hong Kong was “disturbance during national anthems; use of objects to transmit a message that is not appropriate for a sports event.”

**Activision Blizzard:** [banned player](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/dexeva/blizzard_banned_and_took_player_off_air_after_his/) 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](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/dex1j0/apple_bows_to_china_by_censoring_taiwan_flag_emoji/)

**Apple:** [banned HK protest map from App Store](https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-hk-protest-map/). Approved app after backlash. [Banned app](https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/10/apple-removes-police-tracking-app-used-in-hong-kong-protests-from-its-app-store.html) once again after China hissy fit

**Apple:** [removed](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/dft8fk/apple_removes_quartz_news_app_from_chinese_app/) from China App Store news app that covered HK protest

**Vans:** [censor pro-HK democracy](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/dekxtu/vans_shoes_face_boycott_calls_after_company/) design in its shoe design competition

**NBA (partial entry):** [rebuked Rockets manager](https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/nba-statement-english-chinese-66104687) for his pro-HK tweet, saying NBA was “extremely disappointed with Morey’s inappropriate comment.” Backpedaled after backlash, now saying they support Morey’s freedom of speech.

**Washington Wizards:** [for confiscating pro Hong Kong signsduring a recent game](https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/10/us/hong-kong-washington-wizards-game-trnd/index.html)

**Disney / ESPN:** [forbid mention of Chinese politics](https://deadspin.com/internal-memo-espn-forbids-discussion-of-chinese-polit-1838881032) when discussing Rockets manager’s HK tweet

**Viacom / Paramount:** [censor Taiwan flag](https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/19/tom-cruises-top-gun-jacket-shows-how-key-china-is-to-film-industry.html) from the jacket worn by Tom Cruise in new “Top Gun” movie

**Disney / Marvel:** [censored Tibetan monk](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/tibet-supporters-protest-marvel-s-dr-strange-over-changed-character-n677706) 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](https://www.whatsonweibo.com/these-are-the-foreign-brands-apologizing-to-china-amid-hong-kong-tensions/)

**Marriott:** [apologized & changed “Taiwan” to “Taiwan, China”](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2160030/taiwan-hotel-cuts-ties-marriott-protest-caving-beijing) after China threw a hissy fit

**Nike:** [removed Houston Rockets](https://fadeawayworld.net/2019/10/08/nike-removes-all-houston-rockets-related-products-from-their-china-webstore/) products from China webstore

**Activision Blizzard:** [cut livestream](https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/dfaz21/american_university_hearthstone_team_holds_up/) when American U team held up pro-HK sign.

**Apple:** [handed over iCloud data & encryption keys to China](https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/18/17587304/apple-icloud-china-user-data-state-run-telecom-privacy-security)

**Cathay Pacific:** [fired employees for FB posts](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/28/cathay-pacific-denounced-for-firing-hong-kong-staff-on-china-orders) supporting HK protests.

**Apple:** [minimized the seriousness of iOS exploits](https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/6/20853393/apple-iphone-ios-exploits-statement-security-google-false-impressions) that enabled China to track Uyghurs, when 1M+ of them are rounded up by China in concentration camps

**Google:** [censored ](https://lihkg.com/thread/1639291/page/1)pro-HK game [“The Revolution of Our Times”](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=story.hk.hkmovement&hl=en_US) from Google Play because it was about a “sensitive event”.

**Gap:** [apologized for selling T-shirts](https://money.cnn.com/2018/05/15/news/companies/gap-tshirt-map-of-china/index.html) IN CANADA that didn’t include Taiwan as part of China

**Tiffany:** [removed tweet](https://news.yahoo.com/tiffany-removes-advert-over-hong-kong-controversy-093418861.html) showing model covering 1 eye after China accused it of supporting HK

**Marriott:** [fired employee](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2128124/marriott-sacks-employee-who-liked-twitter-post-tibet-independence) who liked tweet from Tibetan group

**Mercedes:** [apologized for quoting Dalai Lama](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/07/mercedes-apologises-china-quoting-dalai-lama/) on Instagram

**American, Delta, United:** [deleted mention of Taiwan](https://www.businessinsider.com/which-companies-have-changed-taiwan-description-china-2018-7) as a country from websites

**Audi:** [apologized](https://www.businessinsider.com/which-companies-have-changed-taiwan-description-china-2018-7#audi-1) for using “incorrect” map of China that left off Taiwan

**Muji:** [destroyed store catalogs](https://www.businessinsider.com/which-companies-have-changed-taiwan-description-china-2018-7#muji-2) that contain “incorrect” map of China

**Zara:** [apologized](https://www.businessinsider.com/which-companies-have-changed-taiwan-description-china-2018-7#zara-4) for listing Taiwan as country

**Medtronic:** [apologized](https://www.businessinsider.com/which-companies-have-changed-taiwan-description-china-2018-7#medtronic-5) for publishing “illegal content” that listed “Republic of China (Taiwan)” as country

**Ray-Ban**: [changed “Taiwan” & “Hongkong” to “China Taiwan” & “China Hongkong”](https://www.businessinsider.com/which-companies-have-changed-taiwan-description-china-2018-7#ray-ban-7)

**Qantas, Air France, Air Canada, British Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Japan Airlines, ANA:** [changed “Taiwan” to “Taiwan China”](https://www.businessinsider.com/which-companies-have-changed-taiwan-description-china-2018-7#international-airlines-8)

**TikTok:** [censor videos that mention Tiananmen Square, Tibetan independence, Falun Gong](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/25/revealed-how-tiktok-censors-videos-that-do-not-please-beijing)

**Sheraton:** [banned Taiwan National Day event]https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3791266)( under China pressure

**Disney:** [removed non-white characters from Chinese poster](https://variety.com/2015/film/news/star-wars-china-poster-controversy-john-boyega-1201653494/) of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

**Philly Sixers/The Wells Fargo Center:** [ejected fans for supporting Hong Kong](https://6abc.com/sports/sixers-fan-supporting-hong-kong-ejected-from-preseason-game/5604293/)

**Princeton:** don’t talk about 3 Ts: [Tibet, Tiananmen, Taiwan](https://quillette.com/2019/07/22/when-the-lion-wakes-the-global-threat-of-the-chinese-communist-party/)

**Leica:** released ad on Tiananmen protest. [Apologized & distanced itself from ad](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3006817/leica-camera-backs-away-promotional-video-depicting-tiananmen)

**Reddit:** took [$150M from Tencent](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/dfc6qi/disneyowned_espn_forbids_discussion_of_chinese/). Removed thread like this

**Austrailian Government / Rockhampton, Queensland:** [censored Taiwan flag in student project](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-09/childrens-cow-statue-design-altered-taiwan-flag-painted-over-qld/9739574)

**Cisco:** helped build [Great Firewall](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/ciscos-latest-attempt-dodge-responsibility-facilitating-human-rights-abuses-export) including module to persecute Falun Gong

**MGM:** changed [Red Dawn’s villain](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2237717/Red-Dawn-remake-swapped-Chinese-flags-insignia-North-Korean-ones-fear-losing-billion-dollar-box-office.html) from China to N Korea to placate China

**Global Blue:** [fired staff](http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1161789.shtml) for calling Taiwan a country

**L’Oréal / Lancôme:** [canceled HK artist concert](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36457450) for her pro-democracy activism

**US universities:** [self-censor in fear of offending China](https://newrepublic.com/article/150476/american-elite-universities-selfcensorship-china)

**Disney:** block [Winnie the Pooh](https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/dfthv5/disney_officially_blocked_winnie_the_pooh_in_hong/) website in HK)


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#BUSINESS HALL OF BACKBONES

**Matt Stone & Trey Parker:** [South Park “Band in China”](https://southpark.cc.com/full-episodes/s23e02-band-in-china)

**John Oliver /Last week tonight:** [never holding back on China or really any Hint else](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OubM8bD9kck)

**Ubisoft:** listened to fans, [said no](https://www.windowscentral.com/rainbow-six-siege-drops-china-censorship-reverts-aesthetic-changes) to China after initially saying they would [tone down](https://www.polygon.com/2018/11/3/18058884/rainbow-six-siege-censored-china-pc-ps4-xbox-one-ubisoft) game content to be China-compliant.

**Prague:** [cancel partnership](https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/10/07/prague-moves-to-cancel-partnership-agreement-with-beijing/) with Beijing over 1-China principle

**Immutable:** [offer to repay banned gamer’s winnings](https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/sydney-startup-under-fire-online-for-supporting-pro-hong-kong-protest-gamer-20191009-p52z2g.html) that was confiscated by Blizzard, got cyber attacked as a result


#FREE HONG KONG