https://www.barrons.com/articles/nba...re-51570551913

"And it’s not just the NBA that finds itself in a minefield sparked by Chinese censorship. A professional gamer competing in Activision Blizzard’s Hearthstone online trading card game was banned from competition for a year and had his prize money stripped after he wore a gas mask and said “liberate Hong Kong” in a post-match interview.

The player, Chung Ng Wai, who competes with the tag “Blitzchung” violated Blizzard’s rules regarding acts that “brings you into public disrepute, offends a portion or group of the public, or otherwise damages Blizzard image,” the company said.

Blizzard’s Overwatch League includes four teams based in China, and the company is 4.9% owned by Tencent. As to whether the league would react similarly if an Overwatch player made similar comments on their personal social media channels, a Blizzard representative did not return a request for comment.

And if this all sounds like an episode of South Park, you’re right. Viacom’s (VIAB) controversial cartoon released an episode on Wednesday—two days before the NBA outrage began—called “Band in China” which lambasted U.S. companies for allowing Chinese censors to dictate content. After the episode aired, previously available mentions of the show on Chinese internet sites disappeared, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter."

Brands being more and more cowardly when it comes to China but have no problem trying to be 'woke' when it comes to American politics. If you want to boycott Israel but aren't boycotting China you are a hypocrite. If you are down with your employees and players speaking about social issues but come down on them hard for speaking about China you are a hypocrite.