History BannedinChina / China

* The first 26 episodes of the first season of ''Anime/TwinPrincessOfWonderPlanet'' were dubbed in Chinese under the name "Mysterious Planet Twin Princesses" ('''Chinese:''' 神秘星球孪生公主) and was aired in CCTV-14 on 6PM (18:00PM) in March 27, 2007, but were disguised as a Chinese cartoon in order to get a primetime airslot (5PM-8PM). This violated a Chinese law stating that only Chinese programming could be aired in those slots. When someone pointed out that the anime was made in Japan, CCTV realized they had been "fooled", removing the anime series from their channel for good one month later.

* The first 26 episodes of the first season of ''Anime/TwinPrincessOfWonderPlanet'' were dubbed in Chinese under the name of "Mysterious Planet Twin Princesses" ('''Chinese:''' 神秘星球孪生公主) and was aired in CCTV-14 on 6PM (18:00PM) in March 27, 2007, but was disguised as Chinese cartoon in order to get a primetime airslot (5PM-8PM) which violated a Chinese rule which was enforced in 2006, in where only Chinese programming were aired on primetime airslot. When someone pointed out that the anime is made from Japan, CCTV took notice of it and realize that they're got "fooled", and they taken down the anime series from their channel for good one month later.

* {{Averted}} with ''{{WesternAnimation/Coco}}''. Films depicting ghosts are often restricted due to the importance of ghosts in Chinese religion. However, ''Coco'' likely got a pass due to its emphasis on honoring one's ancestors and [[ValuesResonance the similarities between Dia de los Muertos and Chinese traditions]].

* {{Averted}} with ''Anime/SpiritedAway'', which is a [[Main/GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff highly beloved film in China]] despite containing ghosts and other spirits. Its 2019 Chinese theatrical reissue even beat out multiple Hollywood blockbusters such as ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'', ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'', and ''Film/MenInBlackInternational'' at the Chinese box office.

* The Chinese government [[http://www.pcworld.com/article/2157220/china-bans-government-purchases-of-windows-8-surprising-microsoft.html banned the purchase of Windows 8]] from internal use in retaliation of Microsoft's end of support for Windows XP. Averted with Windows 10 as Microsoft, learning from the aforementioned ban, had been working hard to introduce a version of Windows 10 that comply with Chinese data collection standards.

* Interestingly averted with ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings 2'' and ''VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis 4'', where both games had Tibet as a playable faction, yet those games aren't banned in China. This is likely due to the games featuring historical kingdoms of Tibet such as Yarlung and Guge, and the Chinese censors only care about depictions of Tibet during the 20th century.

** Averted with the original ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert'' despite its heavy anti-Soviet themes, and to this day it remains one of the most popular video games in China.

* ''I.G.I.-2: Covert Strike'' was banned for "defamation of a national character" months after initially passing the censors - in other words, for having an evil Chinese general as an OmnicidalManiac. It was discovered later that the publisher sent to the censors an incomplete version of the game that omitted the China-set levels in an attempt to avert the ban.

* While the original ''VideoGame/ProjectIGI'' isn't banned, the sequel, ''I.G.I.-2: Covert Strike'', is, roughly six months after release [[note]]the original copy passed censor inspection due to being incomplete and lacking the last six levels with China-involved content [[/note]] due to revelation that the game's main villain, General Wu Xing, is a rogue Chinese official in league with Russian terrorists behind the theft of a superweapon, and intending to overthrow the "weak" Chinese government and starting a war with the west. Despite the game stating that Wu Xing is a ''rogue'' official and the actual Chinese government isn't actually involved, it was still pulled from Chinese markets due to "tarnishing their military's image".

* {{Averted}} with ''Anime/SpiritedAway'', which is a [[Main/GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff heavily beloved film in China]] despite containing ghosts and other spirits. Its 2019 Chinese theatrical reissue even beat out multiple Hollywood blockbusters such as ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'', ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'', and ''Film/MenInBlackInternational''.

* The second season of the ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' anime was banned. Though probably due to differing regulators as well as how a cut version was available, the first season, the movie, and the BloodierAndGorier third season weren't.
* ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx'' and ''Manga/SlowStart'' were pulled from Chinese streaming service iQiyi after being reported to the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. A heated FlameWar between fans of ''DARLING'' and ''LightNovel/VioletEvergarden'' led to the former being reported for immorality, with ''Slow Start'' being pulled as collateral simply for sharing a producer with ''DARLING'', Creator/A1Pictures.

* ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'' has been pulled out of Chinese streaming sites due to starring Creator/AiKayano, who tweeted about "nice air" in Yasukuni Shrine (which reveres soldiers who fought for Japan, including Imperial Japanese soldiers who committed atrocities such as Nanking and Unit 731) in February 2021.

** Taken to an extreme level to where because Cover is considered PersonaNonGrata in China nowadays, any cameo any hololive member makes on any media is edited out when streamed on Billibilli, examples being Fubuki and Matsuri's cameos in ''LightNovel/TheDetectiveIsAlreadyDead'' and the ED of ''Manga/TheGreatJahyWillNotBeDefeated'' which is sung by Nene, Aqua and Subaru.

* ''Film/WinnieThePoohBloodAndHoney'' was pulled from theaters in Hong Kong and Macau for unknown reasons.

* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'' is banned in China due to its "deception of a free world" and for allegedly showing the deaths of animals on-screen.

* Website/{{Wikipedia}} [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_of_Wikipedia_in_mainland_China alternates]] between full ban and ban of topics such as Taiwan and the Tiananmen Square Massacre. It's been more or less un-banned in English since 2013, but Chinese-language Wikipedias are completely blocked outside of some universities, which charge students for access.

* ''Film/WinnieThePoohBloodAndHoney'' was pulled from theaters in Hong Kong and Macau for unknown reasons.

* As of 2022, [[Website/TVTropes This Very Wiki]] is banned in China.

** ''Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever'' - No official reason known.

* ''Film/DjangoUnchained'' was initially banned in China. However, it may get a release after scenes involving [[http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/26/entertainment-us-django-china-idUSBRE93P1AI20130426 nudity, excessive violence, and "politically sensitive" topics]] are edited out.

* Many historical based strategy games such as ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'', ''VideoGame/TotalWar'', and ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'' will often avoid having civilizations such as the Tibetans or the Uighurs as playable factions mainly to avoid this trope. In particular, both the developers of ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresII'' (Ensemble Studios) and the revival expansion ''The Forgotten'' (Forgotten Empires) have stated that they considered the Tibetans as a faction in the past, but have not given an official explanation to why they were never included. Skybox Labs, which helped develope the SpinOff ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology'' did say that they would not include Tibetans for fear of losing the Chinese market, where the franchise [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff is relatively popular]]). The fact that dead soldiers no longer decay into skeletons in the ''Definitive Edition'' remakes of both ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'' and ''II'' doesn't have an official explanation either, but many fans are certain that it is due to concerns about breaking Chinese cultural taboos against the depiction of human bones.

* Many historical based strategy games such as ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'', ''VideoGame/TotalWar'', and ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'' will often avoid having civilizations such as the Tibetans or the Uighurs as playable factions mainly to avoid this trope (especially ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'' where the [[VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresII second installation]] of this game [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff is relatively popular in China]]). [[note]]It should noted that Tibetans [[WhatCouldHaveBeen were originally intended to be a playable faction]] for the Conquerers expansion before Ensemble Studios decided to go with the Koreans due to Korea's famous Turtle Ships and even to this day, Ensemble Studios's SpiritualSuccessor, Skybox Labs, specifically said that they will never include the Tibetans for this very reason.[[/note]]

** ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' - Due to its resemblance to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddess_of_Democracy the Goddess of Democracy]], China requested the removal of the UsefulNotes/StatueOfLiberty from the film. Given the film's final battle takes place entirely at the Statue, Creator/SonyPictures [[https://www.cbr.com/spider-man-no-way-home-china-statue-of-liberty-sony-refuse immediately refused]], prompting a modified request that "patriotic" shots of statue be cut. Sony still refused, and the film was blackballed as a result.

** In September 2020, Haato Akai and Coco Kiryu, two [[VirtualCelebrity Virtual YouTubers]] signed onto the aforemented talent agency, had their Bilibili channels banned due to mentions of Taiwan in [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/iyyg9i/haachama_s_bilibili_channel_get_banned_by_chinese/ their]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/iz64uz/coco_also_banned_on_bilibili_following_the_word/ streams]]. [[note]]Haato let the mention of the country slip when she was checking what regions her viewers were from and saw Taiwan had her third highest percentage of viewers came from on the platform, resulting in angry Chinese viewers and her channel being banned. A few hours later, Coco also said Taiwan in a segment of Asacoco, as she was doing the same thing for her Youtube analytics.[[/note]] Mounting toxicity on their [=YouTube=] streams over the next few days eventually led to both Haato and Coco getting suspended for 3 weeks from 28 September 2020. The continued vitriol against hololive in China led to [[https://www.reddit.com/r/VirtualYoutubers/comments/jfxtt9/civia_talked_about_the_future_of_holocn/ the dissolution of the CN branch]] with the Chinese talents "graduating" (i.e. retiring). The effects of this incident were long-lasting, with hololive as a whole losing at least one business opportunity[[note]]A deal by Asus to have Fubuki promote their hardware on her channel was suddenly revoked after a Chinese Asus community manager warned the company about Coco[[/note]] by 2021 because of it, and the company maintained a collab ban for Coco when it came to fellow JP branch talents, as well as a full-on interaction ban when it came to talents the just-introduced English branch, so the Chinese bots that harassed her on a daily basis didn't end up on other channels' chats, with these bans being fully lifted by Spring 2021.

** In September 2020, Haato Akai and Kiryu Coco, a couple of [[VirtualCelebrity Virtual YouTubers]] signed onto the aforemented talent agency, had their Bilibili channels banned due to mentions of Taiwan in [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/iyyg9i/haachama_s_bilibili_channel_get_banned_by_chinese/ their]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/iz64uz/coco_also_banned_on_bilibili_following_the_word/ streams]]. [[note]]Haato let the mention of the country slip when she was checking what regions her viewers were from and saw Taiwan had her third highest percentage of viewers came from on the platform, resulting in angry Chinese viewers and her channel being banned. A few hours later, Coco also said Taiwan in a segment of Asacoco, as she was doing the same thing for her Youtube analytics.[[/note]] Mounting toxicity on their [=YouTube=] streams over the next few days eventually led to both Haato and Coco getting suspended for 3 weeks from 28 September 2020. The continued vitriol against hololive in China led to [[https://www.reddit.com/r/VirtualYoutubers/comments/jfxtt9/civia_talked_about_the_future_of_holocn/ the dissolution of the CN branch]] with the Chinese talents "graduating" (i.e. retiring). The effects of this incident were long-lasting, with hololive as a whole losing at least one business opportunity[[note]]A deal by Asus to have Fubuki promote their hardware on her channel was suddenly revoked after a Chinese Asus community manager warned the company about Coco[[/note]] by 2021 because of it, and the company maintained a strict "no collabs" ban for Coco so the Chinese bots that harrassed her on a daily basis didn't end up on other channels' chats.

* VirtualYouTuber WebVideo/KsonOnAir is considered Persona Non Grata in China, as well to any agency with a large presence on [=BiliBili=], due to an incident in September 2020, while working under her previous corporate character at the time, where Taiwan was shown in her channel analytics. This led to the [=BiliBili=] account of [=KSon's=] corporate character, as well as the [=BiliBili=] account of one of her former colleagues (who had also accidentally shown off Taiwan in her channel analytics the night prior), being banned, and her employer eventually making their complete exit from the Chinese market later that year (which included the closure of their Chinese branch as well the graduation of its talents) as a result of pro-CCP nationalist toxicity being hurled not only at the agency but also its Japanese branch talents. The Persona Non Grata status stuck with [=KSon=] even after she had graduated from her previous employer in July 2021 and signed up with American agency WebVideo/VShojo as herself, as when she was announced as a guest for a major livestream by video game publisher PLAYISM taking place in September the same year, she was un-invited at the last minute by pressure from the publisher's Chinese branch who were warned about said previous corporate character, and the resultant mess from this led to the entire livestream getting canned.[[labelnote:*]]And if your mind is starting to connect some dots by just reading this page from the top all the way down to this sentence, just keep the OpenSecret to yourself, okay?[[/labelnote]]

This list also includes Taiwan, an island republic ruled by the Republic of China, to which the Kuomintang retreated from the mainland after being defeated by the Communists in the Chinese Civil War. Given that the CCP and Chinese nationalists view Taiwan as their own, referring to it as a separate nation (including displaying the flag of Taiwan[[note]]unless it can be used in rare instances and for historical context[[/note]]) is a massive BerserkButton for them.

This list also includes Taiwan, an island republic ruled by the Republic of China, to which the Kuomintang retreated from the mainland after being defeated by the Communists in the Chinese Civil War. Given that the CCP and the Chinese nationalist view Taiwan as their own, referring to it as a separate nation (including displaying the flag of Taiwan[[note]]unless it can be used in rare instances and for historical context[[/note]]) is a massive BerserkButton for them.

** ''Film/Deadpool2'' also wasn't initially released in China for the same reason. Turns out that ''Once Upon a Deadpool'' (a Christmas-themed, PG-13-rated re-edit of ''Deadoiik 2''), was mainly done to secure a release there. It was released in the Middle Kingdom on January 25th, 2019.

** Another episode, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS34E2OneAngryLisa One Angry Lisa]]", was also [[https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-remove-simpsons-episode-china-forced-labor-camps-hong-kong-2023-2 not available]] in the Hong Kong version of Disney+ due to one character mentioning forced labor camps in China where children make smartphones. This could have been corrected by editing out the offending line edited out, but still...

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E12GooGooGaiPan "Goo Goo Gai Pan"]], where the family visits China, is banned in the country for many reasons, but particularly because of its unfavorable reference to UsefulNotes/MaoZedong (Homer sees his body displayed [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausoleum_of_Mao_Zedong in a mausoleum]] and says, "He's like a little angel who killed 50 million people."), scenes parodying the Tiananmen Square Massacre, and a Chinese government official who says, "Well, Tibet used to be pretty independent." This episode is also unavailable in the Hong Kong version of Creator/DisneyPlus.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E12GooGooGaiPan "Goo Goo Gai Pan"]], where the family visits China, is banned in the country for many reasons, but particularly because of its unfavorable reference to UsefulNotes/MaoZedong (Homer sees his body displayed [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausoleum_of_Mao_Zedong in a mausoleum]] and says, "He's like a little angel who killed 50 million people."), scenes parodying the Tiananmen Square Massacre, and a Chinese government official who says, "Well, Tibet used to be pretty independent." This episode is also unavailable in the Hong Kong version of Creator/DisneyPlus.

* Just like the ''Anime/TwinPrincessOfWonderPlanet'' example above, ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' was once aired in China and only the first two seasons were aired before it was banned permanently from aired in Chinese televisions ever again due to it beiing disguised as Chinese animation by the distributors in order to get a primetime slot.

* In a twist of {{irony}}, when Taiwan was still under the one-party Kuomintang authoritarian rule, use of the Taiwanese language (including in media) was outlawed.

* Not a full ban, but any domestic games that featured Creator/AiKayano in their voice cast (notably ''Videogame/{{Arknights}}'', ''Videogame/AzurLane'', and ''Videogame/GirlsFrontline'') in it were forced (by pressure from netizens) to [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor remove her voice work and]] [[TheOtherDarrin recast her characters]] after she tweeted about "nice air" in Yasukuni Shrine (which reveres soldiers who fought for Japan, including Imperial Japanese soldiers who committed atrocities such as Nanking and Unit 731) in February 2021.

* Although ''Franchise/OnePiece: Fighting Path'' wasn't banned, Blackbeard was made TheVoiceless in this game, seemingly due to his voice actor Creator/AkioOtsuka [[https://www.piewan.com/wenda/435686.html "offending Chinese peoples."]] The actual reason is still unknown as of this day.