Bent the knee * 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 * EA DICE: [censor](https://www.reddit.com/r/BattlefieldV/comments/dfb01p/hey_quick_question_why_cant_i_type_tiananmen/) "Tiananmen" in Battlefield V chat * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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” * 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 * 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 --- Backbones * 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