An episode of “The Simpsons” that criticizes Chinese Communist Party (CCP) censorship appears to have been removed from Disney’s newly launched streaming channel in Hong Kong. Disney+, which rolled out in Hong Kong this month, features all episodes of the show apart from season 16, episode 12, which was first broadcast in 2005 and makes reference to the CCP’s 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. The events of June 3 and 4, 1989 saw potentially hundreds or even thousands of innocent lives lost after the CCP ordered its troops to open fire on pro-democracy activists at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The omitted episode sees the Simpson family visit Beijing and the embalmed body of former leader Mao Zedong, whom Homer Simpson calls “a little angel that killed 50 million people.” Fans of the show quickly noticed that Disney+ skips from episode 11 to 13, missing out the episode titled “Goo Goo Gai Pan,” …
Hong Kong Disney+ Omits ‘Simpsons’ Tiananmen Square Episode
November 30, 2021
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