'We too love money more than freedom and democracy.' Read SouthPark creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone's faux apology to China:
for its sharp critique of the way Hollywood tends to shape its content to avoid offending Chinese government censors in any way whatsoever.by deleting virtually every clip, episode and online discussion of the show from Chinese streaming services, social media and even fan pages.
And on Baidu's Tieba, China's largest online discussions platform, the threads and sub-threads related toSouth Park The draconian response is par for the course for China's authoritarian government, which has even been known to, because some local Internet users had affectionately taken to comparing Chinese president Xi Jinping to the character.
"Like the NBA, we welcome the Chinese censors into our homes and into our hearts," the statement reads. "We too love money more than freedom and democracy. Xi doesn't look like Winnie the Poo at all. Tune into our 300th episode the Wednesday at 10 p.m. Long live the great Communist Party of China. May the autumn's sorghum harvest be bountiful. We good now China?" 's "Band in China" episode featured a pair of storylines critical of China.
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