{"id":1857801,"date":"2023-02-23T11:39:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T16:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1857801"},"modified":"2023-02-23T11:43:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T16:43:09","slug":"disney-plus-hong-kong-removes-episode-of-the-simpsons-over-references-to-forced-labour-camps-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-plus-hong-kong-removes-episode-of-the-simpsons-over-references-to-forced-labour-camps-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Plus Hong Kong Removes Episode of \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d Over References to \u201cForced Labour Camps\u201d in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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-plus-hong-kong-removes-episode-of-the-simpsons-over-references-to-forced-labour-camps-in-china%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=1857801&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 joke reference &#8220;force labour camps&#8221; Disney pulled off a recent episode in China of &#8220;Disney World&#8221; <em>The Simpsons<\/em> From the Hong Kong edition.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_198327\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198327\" class=\"size-full wp-image-198327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.10-08.21-boundingintocomics-63e6a73cd878e.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.10-08.21-boundingintocomics-63e6a73cd878e.png 1600w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.10-08.21-boundingintocomics-63e6a73cd878e-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.10-08.21-boundingintocomics-63e6a73cd878e-1340x754-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.10-08.21-boundingintocomics-63e6a73cd878e-768x432-1.png 768w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-198327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Homer (Dan Castellaneta), is drunk to spite at Moe&#8217;s Bar, in The Simpsons Season 34 Episode 2, &#8220;One Angry Lisa&#8221; (2022) via Disney Plus<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED RUMOR <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/09\/13\/rumor-alleged-insider-claims-marvel-studios-diversity-push-meant-to-recoup-financial-losses-from-brands-death-in-china\/\">An insider claims that Marvel Studios&#8217; Diversity Push is meant to recoup financial losses from brand&#8217;s death in China.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original airing in October 2022. This was the second episode of the 34th season. &#8220;One Angry Lisa&#8221;Homer buys a stationary bike to give Marge.<\/p>\n<p>Marge wants to make the most of her new exercise gear so she joins a virtual training class with Jesse. As the episode progresses, the two become more close and eventually agree to go on an exclusive virtual trip across the Great Wall of China.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_198330\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198330\" class=\"size-full wp-image-198330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.10-08.27-boundingintocomics-63e6a89a73aa3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.10-08.27-boundingintocomics-63e6a89a73aa3.png 1600w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.10-08.27-boundingintocomics-63e6a89a73aa3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.10-08.27-boundingintocomics-63e6a89a73aa3-1340x754-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.10-08.27-boundingintocomics-63e6a89a73aa3-768x432-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-198330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marge (Julie Kavner), and Jesse (Hank Azaria), take a virtual trip along the Great Wall of China with their personal trainer Jesse in The Simpsons Season 34 Episode 2. &#8220;One Angry Lisa&#8221; (2022) via Disney Plus<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jesse makes a joke about Marge during their bike ride across the famous landmark. This is the reason the episode was removed. &#8220;Behold, the wonders of China! Bitcoin mines, forced labour camps where children make smartphones, and romance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite Marge and Jesse&#8217;s bike ride being the only mention of China in the episode \u2013 and even then none of the characters actually physically traveled to the Asian country \u2013 this dig led the House of Mouse to deem it necessary to pull the episode from their Hong Kong edition of Disney Plus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_198344\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198344\" class=\"size-full wp-image-198344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.10-08.53-boundingintocomics-63e6aeafb469a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.10-08.53-boundingintocomics-63e6aeafb469a.png 1600w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.10-08.53-boundingintocomics-63e6aeafb469a-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.10-08.53-boundingintocomics-63e6aeafb469a-1340x754-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.10-08.53-boundingintocomics-63e6aeafb469a-768x432-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-198344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Simpsons Season 34 Episode 2: Jesse (Hank Azaria), falls to the Great Wall of China &#8220;One Angry Lisa&#8221; (2022) via Disney Plus<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/05\/02\/appearance-of-anti-communist-newspaper-the-epoch-times-in-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-sparks-outrage-in-china\/\">Appearance Anti-Communist Newspaper: The Epoch Time In Doctor Strange In the Multiverse Of Madness Sparks Indignation In China<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Axios suggests <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/02\/07\/disney-hong-kong-simpsons-episode-china-forced-labor\">Disney&#8217;s move arrives at an important time<\/a> Their relationship with the Chinese Communist Party. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/02\/07\/disney-hong-kong-simpsons-episode-china-forced-labor\">Recently, the doors were reopened to Hollywood<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;China is one of the most lucrative film markets in the world outside of the U.S, and Beijing is beginning to allow Disney films back into its theaters after banning most of its most popular hits during the pandemic,&#8221; The outlet disagrees.<\/p>\n<p>Another news outlet noted that the joke was unfortunately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2021\/01\/05\/xinjiang-forced-labor-uyghurs\">Rooted in politics<\/a>As U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2021\/12\/23\/biden-signs-uyghur-forced-labor-bill\">Beijing was accused of genocide towards Muslim Uyghurs<\/a> \u2014 particularly in the Asian country&#8217;s western region of Xinjiang.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_126352\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-126352\" class=\"size-full wp-image-126352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2021.07.19-02.41-boundingintocomics-60f58f09ed75d-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2021.07.19-02.41-boundingintocomics-60f58f09ed75d-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021.07.19-02.41-boundingintocomics-60f58f09ed75d-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2021.07.19-02.41-boundingintocomics-60f58f09ed75d-1340x760-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2021.07.19-02.41-boundingintocomics-60f58f09ed75d-768x435-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2021.07.19-02.41-boundingintocomics-60f58f09ed75d-1536x871-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2021.07.19-02.41-boundingintocomics-60f58f09ed75d-2048x1161-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-126352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson), as Black Widow in Marvel Studios\u2019 BLACK WIDOW. Jay Maidment. \u00a9Marvel Studios 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since a long time, Disney has been in a difficult relationship with China.<\/p>\n<p>The entertainment company ran into problems in 2021 when they released some Marvel films in China. China eventually banned their entire post-production slate.<em>Spider-Man is Far from Home<\/em> films \u2013 <em>Black Widow<\/em>, <em>Shang-Chi &#038; the Legend of the Ten Rings<\/em>, <em>The Eternals<\/em>, and the Sony\/Disney coproduced <em>Spider-Man has no way home<\/em> \u2013 from releasing within their borders.<\/p>\n<p>Marvel was granted a much-needed vacation last month.https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/marvel-movies-black-panther-wakanda-forever-ant-man-released-china-2023-1?r=US&#038;IR=T&#8221;>officially Announcement<\/a> That <em>Wakanda Forever: Black Panther<\/em>  <em>Quantumania: Ant-Man &#038; the Wasp<\/em> Release dates were granted for February<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_190953\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190953\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190953\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2022.11.30-03.51-boundingintocomics-6386d32b1fc06-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Parker (Tom Holland) realizes what he must do to restore the multiverse in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Marvel Entertainment via Blu-ray\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2022.11.30-03.51-boundingintocomics-6386d32b1fc06-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.30-03.51-boundingintocomics-6386d32b1fc06-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2022.11.30-03.51-boundingintocomics-6386d32b1fc06-1340x557-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2022.11.30-03.51-boundingintocomics-6386d32b1fc06-768x319-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2022.11.30-03.51-boundingintocomics-6386d32b1fc06-600x250-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-190953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Parker (Tom Holland), discovers the truth about what he must do in Spider-Man: no Way Home (2021), Marvel Entertainment via Blu-ray<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED RELEVANCE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2023\/01\/18\/report-the-walt-disney-company-and-marvel-studios-to-educate-actors-in-order-to-placate-communist-china\/\"><strong>The Walt Disney Company and Marvel Studios Will Educate Actors To Placate Communist China<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>China was previously exempted from the ban <em>Wakanda Forever: Black Panther<\/em>  <em>Thor: Love and Thunder<\/em> from releasing because of cultural and political sensitivities \u2014 namely the fact that both films featured LGBTQ+ themes and characters.<\/p>\n<p>The release <em>Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness<\/em> was also a topic of concern for China, as the film featured \u2013 presumably accidentally and absent-mindedly \u2013 one of the signature yellow newspaper distribution boxes used by anti-communist newspaper The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_160395\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160395\" class=\"size-full wp-image-160395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.02-03.48-boundingintocomics-626f54a5d30ee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.02-03.48-boundingintocomics-626f54a5d30ee.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.02-03.48-boundingintocomics-626f54a5d30ee-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.02-03.48-boundingintocomics-626f54a5d30ee-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-160395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), defends America Chavez (&#8220;Xochitl Gomez&#8221;) from Gargantos in Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness (222) via Marvel Entertainment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Recent whispers suggest that the Walt Disney Company and Marvel Studios will educate their executives and actors to placate communist China, and to refrain from criticizing its actions.<\/p>\n<p>In covering a reported investor battle between Bob Iger, Ike Perlmutter, and Nelson Peltz \u2013 The Walt Disney Company&#8217;s current and former CEOs and a hedge fund manager seeking a seat on Disney&#8217;s board\u00a0 \u2014The Walt Disney Company&#8217;s current and former CEOs, respectively \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/disney-nelson-peltz-ike-perlmutter-bob-iger-1235302095\/\">The Hollywood Reporter&#8217;s Kim Masters &#038; Alex Weprin<\/a> According to Marvel, team members were fired after their latest releases were granted release dates. &#8220;will be well-schooled to watch their words.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They further noted that this tense situation meant that Chinese villains in future Disney\/Marvel projects, such as Tony Leung&#8217;s Wenwu \u2013 arguably the only part of\u00a0<em>Shang-Chi\u00a0<\/em>which garners any amount of consistent praise \u2013 are &#8220;extremely unlikely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_129338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129338\" class=\"size-full wp-image-129338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2021.08.23-09.26-boundingintocomics-6124128fd04ef.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2021.08.23-09.26-boundingintocomics-6124128fd04ef.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2021.08.23-09.26-boundingintocomics-6124128fd04ef-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2021.08.23-09.26-boundingintocomics-6124128fd04ef-1340x561-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2021.08.23-09.26-boundingintocomics-6124128fd04ef-768x322-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2021.08.23-09.26-boundingintocomics-6124128fd04ef-600x250-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-129338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wenwu (Tony Leung), Marvel Studios&#8217; SHANGCHI and THE LEGEND THE TEN ROLLS. Marvel Studios. Photo by Marvel Studios. \u00a9Marvel Studios 2021. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>NEXT REPORT:https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2021\/12\/23\/report-hollywoods-incessant-pandering-to-communist-china-no-longer-viable-from-a-marketing-standpoint\/&#8221;>Hollywood&#8217;s Marketing stands no longer allows for incessant pandering to Communist China<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A joke reference &#8220;force labour camps&#8221; Disney pulled off a recent episode in China of &#8220;Disney World&#8221; The Simpsons From the Hong Kong edition. 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