{"id":1064077,"date":"2021-11-29T09:29:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T14:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1064077"},"modified":"2021-11-29T09:29:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T14:29:34","slug":"tiananmen-square-episode-of-the-simpsons-missing-on-hong-kong-disney-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiananmen-square-episode-of-the-simpsons-missing-on-hong-kong-disney-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiananmen Square Episode of The Simpsons &#039;Missing&#039; on Hong Kong Disney Plus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftiananmen-square-episode-of-the-simpsons-missing-on-hong-kong-disney-plus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1064077&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236880277-e1638183366295-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">(AFP) \u2014 An episode of <em>The Simpsons<\/em> in which the cartoon American family visit Tiananmen Square is missing from the Disney+ streaming service in Hong Kong, adding to concerns about mainland China-style censorship in the city.<\/p>\n<p>It comes at a time when authorities are clamping down on dissent, with curbs on speech becoming a norm in the international business hub and ensnaring global media and tech giants.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Disney+ has made rapid advances since it was launched 18 months ago, reaching more than 116 million worldwide subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>The Hong Kong version started streaming earlier this month and eagle-eyed customers soon noticed the conspicuous absence of <em>The Simpsons<\/em> episode 12 of season 16.<\/p>\n<p>First airing in 2005, the episode features the family\u2019s trip to China in which matriarch Marge Simpson\u2019s sister tries to adopt a baby.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In one scene, the Simpsons are at Beijing\u2019s Tiananmen Square, the site of a deadly 1989 crackdown against democracy protesters. The cartoon shows a sign there that reads \u201cOn this site, in 1989, nothing happened\u201d \u2014 a satirical nod to China\u2019s campaign to purge memories of what happened.<\/p>\n<p>It then shows Marge\u2019s sister standing before a tank, referencing the famous photo from the Tiananmen crackdown of a lone man standing in front of a tank.<\/p>\n<p>The episode also contains pointed comments about Tibet \u2014 where Beijing has been accused of religious oppression \u2014 and the Cultural Revolution, a devastating period of upheaval in the last decade of Mao Zedong\u2019s rule.<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear whether Disney+ removed the episode, was ordered to by authorities or if it was offered in Hong Kong to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>The entertainment giant has not responded to requests for comment, nor has Hong Kong\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>When AFP checked Disney+\u2019s Hong Kong channel on Monday episodes 11 and 13 of season 16 were available but not 12.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.3042253521127\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Activist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nathanlawkc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nathanlawkc<\/a> tells Breitbart London&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KurtZindulka<\/a> the recent crackdowns by the CCP on the Tiananmen Square Massacre vigil and the imposition of censorship in the film industry represent the \u201cannihilation\u201d of Hong Kong&#8217;s freedoms. READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rdbRPRnDAd\">https:\/\/t.co\/rdbRPRnDAd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/droWSgZd17\">pic.twitter.com\/droWSgZd17<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1404772677320126467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Censorship worries&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Until recently, semi-autonomous Hong Kong boasted significant artistic and political freedoms compared with mainland China. But authorities are currently transforming the city in the wake of huge and often violent democracy protests two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Among the slew of measures are new censorship laws introduced this summer that forbid any broadcasts that might breach a broad national security law that China imposed on the city last year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Censors have since ordered directors to make cuts and refused permission for some films to be shown to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Those rules do not currently cover streaming services but authorities have warned that online platforms fall under other rules, including the new national security law.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Hong Kong\u2019s Beijing-appointed leader Carrie Lam vowed to \u201cproactively plug loopholes\u201d in the city\u2019s internet and introduce \u201cfake news\u201d regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Her comments added to concerns that China\u2019s \u201cGreat Firewall\u201d \u2014 a sprawling internet and news censorship regime \u2014 could be extended to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>Content that satirises China is still available on other streaming platforms in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix\u2019s Hong Kong channel is still showing \u201cBand in China\u201d, an episode of the cartoon series \u201cSouth Park\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In that episode, one of the characters ends up in a Chinese labour camp and much of the show lampoons the willingness of American brands to adhere to Chinese censorship rules to make money.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.1813471502591\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Communist Chinese Regime is sticking up for far-Left political activist LeBron James by playing\u2026wait for it\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/brfv44BJTL\">https:\/\/t.co\/brfv44BJTL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1186305861351825411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(AFP) \u2014 An episode of The Simpsons in which the cartoon American family visit Tiananmen Square is missing from the Disney+ streaming service in Hong Kong, adding to concerns about &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1064077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1064077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1064077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1064077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1064077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}