I posted lists of China bootlickers & atrocities in /r/worldnews. I was banned & my lists in old threads were tracked down and deleted. Here are the lists:

Examples of old comments of mine that the mods tracked down & deleted: [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/dfc6qi/disneyowned_espn_forbids_discussion_of_chinese/f32iio0/), [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/deim2l/disturbing_video_shows_hundreds_of_blindfolded/f2wbm1z/), and [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/dfeub4/muslim_women_in_chinese_prison_camps_are_being/f33ae5h/) Mods have also deleted [similar list](https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/dgswdh/a_list_containing_companys_who_subordinate/) posted by others. --- **Last Edited: Nov 6, 2019** **Hall of Bootlickers** * 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](https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/dfjldg/blizzards_official_weibo_account_just_posted_an/): condemned incident, swore to defend China's national dignity * Activision / Blizzard: [censor](https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/c3ogy0/words_related_to_the_hong_kong_protests_are_being/) words related to HK protest in WoW * 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 * Activision / Blizzard: [censor](https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/djn4s9/playhearthstone_is_now_censoring_free_hong_kong/) "Free Hong Kong" in twitch chat of PlayHearthstone * Activision / Blizzard: [ban](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/djx44i/blizzard_is_banning_people_in_its_hearthstone/) users in its Hearthstone Twitch chat for pro-Hong Kong statements * American Express: [changed](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/dstpi5/american_express_bootlicks_beijing_with_taiwan/) "Taiwan" to "Taiwan, China" on its website * EA DICE: [censor](https://www.reddit.com/r/BattlefieldV/comments/dfb01p/hey_quick_question_why_cant_i_type_tiananmen/) "Tiananmen" in Battlefield V chat * ESL: [warn](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/dgxh5k/ceo_of_worlds_largest_esports_firm_esl_warns/) staff not to discuss HK protests * TikTok: [censor](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/25/revealed-how-tiktok-censors-videos-that-do-not-please-beijing) videos that mention Tiananmen Square, Tibetan independence, Falun Gong * TikTok [refuses](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/drdty4/apple_and_tiktok_refuse_to_testify_to_us_congress/) to testify to US Congress about its business in China * ZLONGAME: [removed](https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/d4brd7/mobile_game_second_galaxy_removing_guilds_with/) guilds with any reference to HK in Second Galaxy M * Apple: [censor Taiwan flag emoji](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/dex1j0/apple_bows_to_china_by_censoring_taiwan_flag_emoji/) in iOS in HK * Apple: [banned HK protest map](https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-hk-protest-map/) in App Store. Approved app after backlash. [Banned](https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/10/apple-removes-police-tracking-app-used-in-hong-kong-protests-from-its-app-store.html) app once again after China hissy fit * Apple: [banned](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/dft8fk/apple_removes_quartz_news_app_from_chinese_app/) in Chinese App Store news app that covered HK protest * Apple: [minimized](https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/6/20853393/apple-iphone-ios-exploits-statement-security-google-false-impressions) the seriousness of iOS exploits that enabled China to track Uyghurs, when 1M+ of them are rounded up by China in concentration camps * Apple: [handed over](https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/18/17587304/apple-icloud-china-user-data-state-run-telecom-privacy-security) iCloud data & encryption keys to China * Apple: [told](https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/dgvi35/report_apple_told_apple_tv_creators_to_avoid/) Apple TV+ creators to avoid portraying China "in a poor light" * Apple: Safari browser [sends](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/dh4vdq/apple_safari_browser_sends_some_user_ip_addresses/) some user IP addresses to Tencent by default * Apple [refuses](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/drdty4/apple_and_tiktok_refuse_to_testify_to_us_congress/) to testify to US Congress about its business in China * Vans: [censor pro-HK democracy design](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/dekxtu/vans_shoes_face_boycott_calls_after_company/) in its shoe design competition * NBA (partial entry): [rebuked](https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/nba-statement-english-chinese-66104687) Rockets manager for his pro-HK tweet, saying NBA was "*extremely disappointed with Morey's inappropriate comment.*" Backpedalled after backlash, now saying they support Morey's freedom of speech. * Brooklyn Nets: owner [decried](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-basketball-nba-tsai/brooklyn-nets-owner-alibaba-co-founder-tsai-decries-houston-rockets-gms-hong-kong-tweet-idUSKBN1WM0C8) Rockets GM's pro-HK freedom tweet * Houston Rockets: [censored](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/dfyaks/journalist_gets_quickly_shut_down_when_she_asked/) journalist who asked question about freedom of speech after China debacle * James Harden: [apologized](https://www.foxnews.com/media/olbermann-harden-china-hong-kong-protesters) to China on behalf of his GM's pro-freedom tweet * Lebron James: [attacked](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27847951/daryl-morey-was-misinformed-situation-china) Morey for supporting HK democracy. Wanted Morey [punished](https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/15/lebron-james-nba-adam-silver-daryl-morey/) for it. * Philly Sixers: [ejected](https://6abc.com/sports/sixers-fan-supporting-hong-kong-ejected-from-preseason-game/5604293/) fans for supporting HK * Washington Wizards: [confiscated](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/dfpt97/schweppe_just_had_our_free_hong_kong_sign/) "Free Hong Kong" sign * Christian Dior: [apologize](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-dior-politics/christian-dior-criticized-over-china-map-apologizes-upholds-one-china-idUSKBN1WW096) for using "incorrect" China map * Disney / ESPN: [forbid](https://deadspin.com/internal-memo-espn-forbids-discussion-of-chinese-polit-1838881032) mention of Chinese politics when discussing Rockets manager's HK tweet * Disney / ESPN: [showed](https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/dfrcp1/espn_acknowledges_chinas_claims_to_south_china/) map of China on SportsCenter that acknowledged CCP's claims to nearly entire South China Sea * 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*". * Disney: [removed](https://variety.com/2015/film/news/star-wars-china-poster-controversy-john-boyega-1201653494/) non-white characters from Chinese poster of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” * Disney / ESPN: [told](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/difz94/strauss_espns_politics_policy_and_its_journalism/) reporter to stand down on covering the NBA-China story the way he wanted * Comcast / DreamWorks: movie "Abominable" [shows](https://www.reddit.com/r/China/duplicates/dhl0w4/dreamworks_latest_animation_movie_abominable/) 9 dash line in China map * 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 * 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 * Marriott: [fired](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2128124/marriott-sacks-employee-who-liked-twitter-post-tibet-independence) employee who liked tweet from Tibetan group * Nike: [removed](https://fadeawayworld.net/2019/10/08/nike-removes-all-houston-rockets-related-products-from-their-china-webstore/) Houston Rockets products from China webstore * Cathay Pacific: [fired](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/28/cathay-pacific-denounced-for-firing-hong-kong-staff-on-china-orders) employees for FB posts supporting HK protests. * 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](https://money.cnn.com/2018/05/15/news/companies/gap-tshirt-map-of-china/index.html) for selling T-shirts IN CANADA that didn't include Taiwan as part of China * Tiffany: [removed](https://news.yahoo.com/tiffany-removes-advert-over-hong-kong-controversy-093418861.html) tweet showing model covering 1 eye after China accused it of supporting HK * Mercedes: [apologized](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/07/mercedes-apologises-china-quoting-dalai-lama/) for quoting Dalai Lama on Instagram * American, Delta, United: [deleted](https://www.businessinsider.com/which-companies-have-changed-taiwan-description-china-2018-7) mention of Taiwan 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](https://www.businessinsider.com/which-companies-have-changed-taiwan-description-china-2018-7#muji-2) store catalogs 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](https://www.businessinsider.com/which-companies-have-changed-taiwan-description-china-2018-7#ray-ban-7) "Taiwan" & "Hongkong" to "China Taiwan" & "China Hongkong" * Qantas, Air France, Air Canada, British Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Japan Airlines, ANA: [changed](https://www.businessinsider.com/which-companies-have-changed-taiwan-description-china-2018-7#international-airlines-8) "Taiwan" to "Taiwan China" * Sheraton: [banned](https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3791266) Taiwan National Day event due to China pressure * Shutterstock: [censors](https://theintercept.com/2019/11/06/shutterstock-china-censorship-tech/) search for any topics China doesn't approve: “Taiwan flag,” “dictator,” “yellow umbrella” * US universities: [don't talk about](https://quillette.com/2019/07/22/when-the-lion-wakes-the-global-threat-of-the-chinese-communist-party/) 3 Ts: Tibet, Tiananmen, Taiwan * US universities: [welcome](https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/16/how-china-infiltrated-us-classrooms-216327) China infiltrations with open arms * Leica: released ad on Tiananmen protest. [Apologized & distanced itself](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3006817/leica-camera-backs-away-promotional-video-depicting-tiananmen) from ad * Reddit: took $150M from Tencent. Removed thread like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/dfc6qi/disneyowned_espn_forbids_discussion_of_chinese/) * Rockhampton, Queensland: [censored](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-09/childrens-cow-statue-design-altered-taiwan-flag-painted-over-qld/9739574) Taiwan flag in student project * Cisco: [helped build](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/ciscos-latest-attempt-dodge-responsibility-facilitating-human-rights-abuses-export) Great Firewall including module to persecute Falun Gong * MGM: [changed](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) Red Dawn's villain from China to N Korea to placate China * Global Blue: [fired](http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1161789.shtml) staff for calling Taiwan a country * L'Oréal / Lancôme: [canceled](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36457450) HK artist concert for her pro-democracy activism * US universities: [self-censor](https://newrepublic.com/article/150476/american-elite-universities-selfcensorship-china) in fear of offending China * Disney: [block](https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/dfthv5/disney_officially_blocked_winnie_the_pooh_in_hong/) Winnie the Pooh website in HK After decades of opening up Western market to China while turning a blind eye to rampant Chinese IP thefts, forced tech transfers, & protectionism, we are looking at widespread control of Western firms by China. Firms that are not under outright Chinese control still kowtow to China out of fear of China's retaliation. This is a very incomplete list of what we're seeing publicly. Imagine how bad it is behind closed doors. --- **Hall of Backbones** * Daryl Morey: tweeted "Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong" * Shaq: [said](https://nypost.com/2019/10/22/shaq-defends-free-speech-on-nba-opening-night-daryl-morey-was-right) Morey "was right" to openly support pro-democracy protesters in HK despite China's pressure * Matt Stone & Trey Parker: South Park "Band in China" * 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](https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/10/07/prague-moves-to-cancel-partnership-agreement-with-beijing/) partnership with Beijing over 1-China principle * Immutable: [offer to repay](https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/sydney-startup-under-fire-online-for-supporting-pro-hong-kong-protest-gamer-20191009-p52z2g.html) banned gamer's winnings that was confiscated by Blizzard, got cyber attacked as a result * Epic: [won’t ban](https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/9/20906110/blizzard-hearthstone-ban-hong-kong-china-epic-games-fortnite-blitzchung) players for political speech * Paradox Development: game [banned](http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-05/29/content_334845.htm) by China in 2004 for using historically accurate maps that China deemed "incorrect". Refuse to bootlick: [latest edition](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/hearts-of-iron-iv-removed-from-steam-in-china.1052971/) of game still using "incorrect" map * Yubico: [donated](https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614520/hong-kong-protesters-get-pro-bono-cybersecurity-help-from-silicon-valley/) 500 hardware security keys to HK protesters & journalists to defend against cyber attacks --- **China's never-ending human rights abuses** * Hundreds of human rights lawyers (not even dissidents, just the LAWYERS who defended people) were snatched by gestapo all over China in what is known as the [709 Crackdown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/709_crackdown). * One of those lawyers, Wang Quanzhang was [sentenced to 4.5 years](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/28/wang-quanzhang-china-sentences-human-rights-lawyer-to-four-years-in-prison) for "subversion of state power". But that's not enough. China actually [went after Wang's 6-year-old son](https://chinachange.org/2019/09/06/imprisoned-lawyer-wang-quanzhangs-six-year-old-son-once-again-forced-out-of-school/), forcing him out of his school and banning any other school from taking him in. * A dissident, [Wang Bingzhang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Bingzhang_(dissident\)) was kidnapped by Chinese agents in Vietnam and sentenced to life in prison after a closed trial that lasted 1 day. * A man wore a t-shirt with the word "Xitler" on it and [was disappeared](https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/11/03/young-chinese-activist-missing-after-sharing-plan-to-wear-xitler-t-shirt-on-cpc-anniversary-report/). Eventually he was [tried for "subversion of state power" while barred from meeting with lawyers](https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/02/15/chinese-xitler-activist-trial-subversion-lawyers-barred-seeing/) * Another man, [Wang Meiyu](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/27/death-of-chinese-activist-in-police-custody-prompts-calls-for-investigation-into-torture) hold up a placard calling for Xi’s resignation & democracy. He was arrested for "picking quarrels”. He ended up dead in custody. * A woman live streamed herself [splashing ink on a Xi poster](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9sF34fJwh0). She was [disappeared](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-woman-dong-yaoqiong-disappears-spraying-ink-xi-jinping-a8455166.html). Her last social media update: *"Right now there are a group of people wearing uniforms outside my door. I’ll go out after I change my clothes. I did not commit a crime. The people and groups that hurt me are the ones who are guilty"*. Later on there was report of her being [sent to a psychiatric hospital](https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/23/chinese-protester-splashed-ink-xi-jinping-poster-sent-psychiatric-hospital-report/) * After the ink-splash woman's disappearance her father made a series of broadcast to call attention to her plight. He ended up getting [taken away by the police in the middle of a live stream](https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/14/police-interrupt-youtube-live-stream-father-missing-chinese-woman-splashed-ink-xi-jinping-photo/) * 5 people associated with a Hong Kong bookstore that sold titles such as "*Xi Jinping and His Six Women*" were [disappeared](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causeway_Bay_Books_disappearances). Only one managed to escape back to HK. He held a press briefing to tell the world about his kidnapping by China. He's now in exile in Taiwan. The other 4 are still somewhere in China. And, of course * [1.5 million](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-rights/15-million-muslims-could-be-detained-in-chinas-xinjiang-academic-idUSKCN1QU2MQ) Uyghurs rounded up in concentration camps * [Leaked footage](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/d722aw/chinas_detention_of_uighurs_video_of_blindfolded/) of a large number of blindfolded Uyghurs shackled together * [Genocide](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/dfeub4/muslim_women_in_chinese_prison_camps_are_being/) through forced abortions & sterilizations on Uyghur women * [Sexual torture](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-uighur-muslim-women-abortions-sexual-abuse-genocide-a9144721.html) of Uyghur women such as rape & rubbing intimate parts with chili paste. * A Canadian journalist [wanted to debunk reports of Chinese anti-Muslim repression so he went on a stage-managed show tour put on by China](https://nationalpost.com/news/canadian-went-to-china-to-debunk-reports-of-anti-muslim-repression-but-was-shocked-by-treatment-of-uyghurs). That means he only saw a fake Potemkin village that China actually thought was acceptable by Western standard. But the brutality of even this fake Potemkin village stunned him. Now imagine what's really happening in the real concentration camps where millions of Uyghurs are being held. Imagine how bad the true situation is. * Using minorities & political prisoners as [free organ farms](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/c1my5j/china_is_harvesting_organs_from_detainees_uk/). * Call for [retraction of 400 Chinese scientific papers](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/06/call-for-retraction-of-400-scientific-papers-amid-fears-organs-came-from-chinese-prisoners) amid fears organs came from Chinese prisoners * [15 Chinese studies retracted](https://www.newscientist.com/article/15-15-studies-retracted-due-to-fears-they-used-chinese-prisoners-organs/) due to fears they used Chinese prisoners' organs * [Cultural genocide & organ harvests](https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/china-uyghur-muslim-rules-laws-treatment-chinese-human-rights-religion-a8534161.html). A uyghur's testimony: *"First, children were stopped from learning about the Quran, then from going to mosques. It was followed by bans on ramadan, growing beards, giving Islamic names to your baby, etc. Then our language was attacked – we didn’t get jobs if we didn’t know Mandarin. Our passports were collected, we were told to spy on each other, innocent Uyghur prisoners were killed for organ harvesting"* * [Cultural genocide, part 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/dff5pq/satellite_images_reveal_china_is_destroying/) destroy graveyards where generations of Uighur families are buried "to eradicate the ethnic group's identity" * China is moving beyond Uyghur and cracking down on its model minority Hui Muslim. ['Afraid We Will Become The Next Xinjiang': China's Hui Muslims Face Crackdown](https://www.npr.org/2019/09/26/763356996/afraid-we-will-become-the-next-xinjiang-chinas-hui-muslims-face-crackdown): *"The same restrictions that preceded the Xinjiang crackdown on Uighur Muslims are now appearing in Hui-dominated regions. Hui mosques have been forcibly renovated or shuttered, schools demolished, and religious community leaders imprisoned. Hui who have traveled internationally are increasingly detained or sent to reeducation facilities in Xinjiang."* * [Leaked photo](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/dsylqp/picture_of_a_political_prisoner_in_one_of_chinas/) of an extremely emaciated prisoner of Chinese concentration camps