{"id":1837419,"date":"2023-02-06T18:04:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T23:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1837419"},"modified":"2023-02-06T18:05:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T23:05:18","slug":"disney-cuts-simpsons-episode-that-mentions-forced-labor-camps-from-chinese-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-cuts-simpsons-episode-that-mentions-forced-labor-camps-from-chinese-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Cuts \u2018Simpsons\u2019 Episode That Mentions Forced Labor Camps From Chinese Platform"},"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%2Fdisney-cuts-simpsons-episode-that-mentions-forced-labor-camps-from-chinese-platform%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=1837419&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-->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/disney\">Disney<\/a>He was always eager to avoid any confrontations against the Chinese Communist government and cut an episode\u00a0<em>The Simpsons<\/em> This is a reference to the Disney Plus streaming platform from Hong Kong. \u201cforced labor camps\u201d China<\/p>\n<p>The episode was titled \u201cOne Angry Lisa,\u201d aired in October 2022 and showed the instructor of Marge Simpson\u2019s virtual bike class state, \u201cBehold the wonders of China. Bitcoin mines, forced labor camps where children make smartphones.\u201d Another episode of the show that broadcast in 2005 mentioned the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and the Chinese government\u2019s efforts to suppress knowledge of it; it was cut in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The episode was cut \u201cmore to do with the company\u2019s ties, current and future, in mainland China,\u201d Kenny Ng is an associate professor at the Academy of Film at Hong Kong Baptist University. He added, \u201cIt could be strategic to eliminate any China-offending episodes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Hong Kong government responded to the situation by stating that the recent film censorship regime it enacted in 2021 was designed to stop films from posing a threat to national security. \u201cdoes not apply to streaming services,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/05d7df58-fc9a-4278-a0d7-3af5e34bc0c2\">Financial Times <\/a>reported.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong, formerly a British colony, was given to China in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2019, speaking at the WSJ Tech Live conference on Tuesday, Disney CEO Bob Iger admitted that Disney would stay silent regarding the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we learned in the last week \u2014 we\u2019ve learned how complicated this is,\u201d Iger said, as reported by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-10-23\/disney-s-iger-says-he-won-t-take-position-on-hong-kong-protests\">Bloomberg<\/a>. \u201cThe biggest learning from that is that caution is imperative. To take a position that could harm our company in some form would be a big mistake. I just don\u2019t believe it\u2019s something we should engage in in a public manner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) blasted Iger, snapping, \u201c\u2018Sell your soul to save your profits\u2019 is going to be a helluva plot line for \u2018Frozen 2.\u2019 There are about a million Uyghurs in Chinese communist prisons who aren\u2019t going to be visiting the Magic Kingdom anytime soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Disney Company opened its $5.5 billion Shanghai Disney Resort in 2016. \u201cOur dream comes true,\u201d Iger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/17\/business\/international\/disney-shanghai-opens.html\">boasted<\/a> in Mandarin.<\/p>\n<p>Liu Yifei, the star of Disney\u2019s live-action \u201cMulan,\u201d triggered an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/09\/04\/entertainment\/mulan-boycott-hong-kong-trnd\/index.html\">anti-Mulan boycott <\/a>\u00a0after she expressed support for the Hong Kong police force putting down the pro-democracy protests, saying on the Chinese social media platform Weibo, \u201cI support the Hong Kong police. You can all attack me now. What a shame for Hong Kong.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney, ever eager to avoid any confrontation with the Chinese Communist government, cut an episode of\u00a0The Simpsons from Disney Plus streaming platform in Hong Kong that referenced \u201cforced labor camps\u201d in China. 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