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Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hong Kong Comments

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2525 points hownottowrite | 1 comments | 08 Oct 19 09:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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enriquto ◴[08 Oct 19 10:15 UTC] No.21190547[source]▶
People should start boycotting western companies that perform this kind of humiliating bowing to China, Saudi Arabia, etc. Yet of course, most companies are doing that...
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deadbunny ◴[08 Oct 19 12:27 UTC] No.21191461[source]▶
I thought Western companies had to pursue profits at all costs? China is a big juicy market.
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1. papreclip ◴[08 Oct 19 16:07 UTC] No.21193777[source]▶
They do, which is why we consumers have to resort to boycott. It's the only way to make bowing to china a poor financial decision