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Stand with Hong Kong!
There is a separate whitelist for companies who have refused to comply to China's demands
| Name of Company | Date Occurred | Date Added | Why added | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blizzard Entertainment | 2019-10-05 | 2019-10-08 | Banned a player who voiced support for the HK protests, rescinded his prize money and fired the 2 casters that were with him on air | |
| Apple | 2019-10-03 | 2019-10-08 | Removed HK police tracking app from the HK app store after pressure from the CCP; Removed Taiwan flag emoji in Hong Kong | |
| NBA | 2019-10-04 | 2019-10-08 | After Daryl Morey, manager of the Houston Rockets, published a tweet supportive of the HK protests, NBA issued an apology, calling the tweet "inappropriate". NBA Commissioner Adam Silver later contradicted this stance and said "We are not apologizing for Daryl exercising his freedom of expression" | |
| Marriott | 2018-01-12 | 2019-10-08 | Fired an employee after he "liked" an online post about Tibet; De-listed Taiwan as a nation, listed it instead as part of China after Chinese pressure; Released a statement reading "Marriott International respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China. We don’t support separatist groups that subvert the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China" | |
| Vans | 2019-10-05 | 2019-10-08 | Removed contest submission depicting the protests in Hong Kong | |
| Gap Inc. | 2018-05-14 | 2019-10-08 | Apologized after a T-Shirt depicting China without Taiwan was sold at a store in Canada, issuing the statement "Gap Inc. respects China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. We've learned that a Gap brand T-shirt sold in some overseas markets failed to reflect the correct map of China in the design" | |
| Tiffany and Co | 2019-10-07 | 2019-10-08 | Removed tweet showing model covering her right eye (angry Chinese netizens believed it to be a reference to the woman who lost her eye after being hit by a police projectile) | |
| Nike | 2019-10-09 | 2019-10-09 | Removed all Houston Rockets merch from their China stores (web and physical) | |
| ESPN | 2019-10-08 | 2019-10-09 | Chuck Salituro, the senior news director of ESPN, sent a memo to shows mandating that any discussion of the Daryl Morey story avoid any political discussions about China and Hong Kong; ESPN displayed a Chinese map complete with 9 dash line, Taiwan, and also Arunachal Pradesh, which is a part of India that China claims is part of China | |
| Viacom / Paramount | 2019-07-18 | 2019-10-09 | Removed Taiwan flag from Maverick's jacket | |
| Disney / Marvel | 2016-11-04 | 2019-10-09 | Censored Tibetan monk from "Doctor Strange" and turned him into a white woman: the "Ancient One" was Tibetan in the comics, but white in the film. Statement from C. Robert Cargill, screenwriter: "If you acknowledge that Tibet is a place and that he’s Tibetan, you risk alienating one billion people who think that that’s bullshit" | |
| Cathay Pacific | 2019-08-09 | 2019-10-09 | Fired staff members who expressed support for the HK protests | |
| Mercedes | 2018-02-06 | 2019-10-09 | Apologised to China after quoting the Dalai Lama in an Instagram post, also deleting the post | |
| Delta Airlines | N/A | 2019-10-09 | De-listed Taiwan as a country on their website, instead listing it as part of China | |
| American Airlines | N/A | 2019-10-09 | De-listed Taiwan as a country on their website | |
| United Airlines | N/A | 2019-10-09 | De-listed Taiwan as a country on their website | |
| Qantas | N/A | 2019-10-09 | De-listed Taiwan as a country on their website, instead listing it as a province of China | |
| Air France | N/A | 2019-10-09 | De-listed Taiwan as a country on their website, instead listing it as a province of China | |
| Lufthansa | N/A | 2019-10-09 | De-listed Taiwan as a country on their website, instead listing it as a province of China | |
| Air Canada | N/A | 2019-10-09 | De-listed Taiwan as a country on their website, instead listing it as a province of China | |
| British Airways | N/A | 2019-10-09 | De-listed Taiwan as a country on their website, instead listing it as a province of China | |
| Malaysia Airlines | N/A | 2019-10-09 | De-listed Taiwan as a country on their website, instead listing it as a province of China | |
| Audi | N/A | 2019-10-09 | Apologised after using a map of China that didn't include Taiwan | |
| Muji | N/A | 2019-10-09 | Apologised after featuring a map of China in a store catalog that didn't include the Senkaku islands, destroyed the catalogs | |
| Zara | N/A | 2019-10-09 | Apologised for listing Taiwan as a country on their website | |
| Ray-Ban | N/A | 2019-10-09 | De-listed Taiwan as a country on their website | |
| Sheraton Hotels and Resorts | N/A | 2019-10-09 | Barred a Taiwan National Day reception from taking place at their Stockholm hotel, at the request of the Chinese ambassador | |
| Rockhampton Council, Queensland, Australia | N/A | 2019-10-09 | Removed Taiwan flags from public artwork | |
| Global Blue | N/A | 2019-10-09 | Fired a member of staff for calling Taiwan a country | |
| Lancome (L'Oreal) | N/A | 2019-10-09 | Canceled Denise Ho concert after Denise Ho expressed support for 2014 Hong Kong protests | |
| Givenchy | N/A | 2019-10-10 | Apologized for identifying Hong Kong and Taiwan as an independent country on their T-Shirts. | |
| Coach | N/A | 2019-10-10 | Apologized for identifying Hong Kong and Taiwan as an independent country on their T-Shirts. | |
| Versace | N/A | 2019-10-10 | Apologized for identifying Hong Kong and Taiwan as an independent country on their T-Shirts. | |
| JYP Entertainment | 2016-01-16 | 2019-10-11 | Forced Taiwanese kpop idol Chou Tzu-yu to release an apology video after she was seen waving a Taiwan flag | |
| Tiktok | 2019-09 | 2019-10-11 | Instructed moderators to censor videos that would upset Beijing | |
| DreamWorks Animation | 2019-09-27 | 2019-10-14 | Added the "nine-dash line" on a map in its animated movie Abominable | |
| ETS | N/A | 2019-10-13 | De-listed Taiwan as a country on their website, instead listing it as "Taiwan, China" | |
| IELTS | N/A | 2019-10-13 | De-listed Taiwan as a country on their website, instead listing it as "Taiwan, China" |