There is a separate whitelist for companies who have refused to comply to China's demands
| Name of Company | Date Added | Why added | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blizzard Entertainment | 2019-10-08 | Banned a player who voiced support for the HK protests, rescinded his prize money and fired the 2 casters that were with him on air | https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/08/tech/hearthstone-hong-kong-intl-hnk-scli/ https://kotaku.com/blizzard-suspends-hearthstone-player-for-hong-kong-supp-1838864961 https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/23179289 |
| Apple | 2019-10-08 | Complies with CCP in regards to removing content from their online app and music storefronts; Removed Taiwan flag emoji in Hong Kong | https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/7/20903613/apple-hiding-taiwan-flag-emoji-hong-kong-macau-china https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/29/apple-removes-vpn-apps-from-the-app-store-in-china/ https://theintercept.com/2019/02/01/apple-apps-china-censorship/ |
| NBA | 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" | https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/houston-rockets-hong-kong-protests-china-nba-tencent-apology-twitter-a9146211.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/10/6d7f9f7d53b0-basketball-there-are-regrets-but-no-apology-nbas-silver.html |
| Marriott | 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" | https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2160030/taiwan-hotel-cuts-ties-marriott-protest-caving-beijing https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/12/marriott-apologises-to-china-over-tibet-and-taiwan-error |
| Vans | 2019-10-08 | Removed contest submission depicting the protests in Hong Kong | https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-vans/shoemaker-vans-treads-warily-as-china-fumes-over-hong-kong-protests-idUKKBN1WN0IZ |
| Gap Inc. | 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" | https://money.cnn.com/2018/05/15/news/companies/gap-tshirt-map-of-china/index.html |
| Tiffany and Co | 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) | https://news.yahoo.com/tiffany-removes-advert-over-hong-kong-controversy-093418861.html |
| Nike | 2019-10-09 | Removed all Houston Rockets merch from their China webstore | https://fadeawayworld.net/2019/10/08/nike-removes-all-houston-rockets-related-products-from-their-china-webstore/ |
| ESPN | 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 | https://deadspin.com/internal-memo-espn-forbids-discussion-of-chinese-polit-1838881032 |