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Disney Plus removes ‘The Simpsons’ episode that talks about forced labor in China

The episode was published in October 2022. | Fountain: disneyplus

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Chapter ‘Simpsonwhich explicitly refers to forced labor camps China has been withdrawn from service in areas such as Hong Kong.

One bad Lisa‘, the second episode of the show’s 34th season, premiered last October but does not appear on the streaming service.

Censorship?

In this episode, Marge Simpson’s character is shown pictures of the Great Wall of China during an exercise class, with her instructor saying, “Look at the wonders China. Bitcoin mines, labor camps where kids make smartphones.”

Human rights groups and Western governments have long accused the Chinese state of abusing members of the predominantly Muslim Uighur ethnic minority in the western region of Xinjiang, including the use of forced labor in internment camps.

He Financial Times first reported no episode.

But why exactly Hong Kong this release is not available? Activists say the Chinese government is undermining the freedom that the territory is supposed to uphold.

In 2021, the country’s legislature passed a film censorship law to “protect national security.”

It’s not the first time

disneyplus And ‘Simpson’ already censored Hong Kong regarding its content.

In 2021, Disney removed an episode that mentioned the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

The episode aired in 2005 and features Lucy Liu. During the broadcast, references to the grave of Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong can be seen. In front of her body, Homer jokingly mentions “the sweet little angel who killed 50 million people”.

Another section of the chapter shows a poster from Tiananmen Square, which mentions that “nothing happened in 1989.” Selma is then shown with a baby in her arms in front of a Chinese government tank, parodying the image of the famous “tanker”, one of the main symbols of the protests in China. China.

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