Disney self-censors Simpsons in Hong Kong

Disney’s streaming service has been accused of bowing to Beijing by removing from its Hong Kong service an episode of The Simpsons that ridiculed Chinese censorship over Tiananmen Square. Disney+ began screening the hit US show in Hong Kong this month. However, it did not feature episode 12 of series 16, Goo Goo Gai Pan, in which the Simpson family travels to Tiananmen Square where a sign reads: ‘‘On this site, in 1989, nothing happened’’.