Three cheers: WTA quits China over its treatment of Peng Shuai, forfeiting millions of dollars HotAir

Is it too much to hope that the precedent established here will shame more western companies into pulling out of China?

Probably. Just three days ago, Disney+ quietly blocked users in Hong Kong from accessing an old episode of The Simpsons. That episode showed the family visiting Tiananmen Square and discovering a monument that read, On this site, in 1989, nothing happened. It appears the episode has suffered precisely the kind of censorship it was written to ridicule, The Hollywood Reporter sniffed.

The fact that other western organizations are too venal and cowardly to pull the plug on China makes today s show of principle by the WTA that much more admirable. Twelve days ago WTA chair Steve Simon threatened to pull out of China if Beijing didn t reassure them of Peng s well-being to the group s satisfaction. He wasn t bluffing. This afternoon Simon and the WTA s board made good on his threat.

via hotair.com

Good.