Casus Belli?

Which do we bomb from high & far away (in our cowardly American way) first, Apple, or the People's Republic?

BuzzFeed News:
Sources: in early 2018, Eddy Cue and Morgan Wandell, Apple's international TV lead, asked some Apple TV+ show creators to avoid portraying China in a poor light  —  We thought trade would bring Western values to China.  Instead, it brought Chinese values to Apple.
Ryan Mac / @rmac18:   “In early 2018 as development on Apple's slate of exclusive Apple TV+ programming was underway, the company's leadership gave guidance to the creators of some of those shows to avoid portraying China in a poor light.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:   Tim Cook's Company-Wide Memo on HKmap.live Doesn't Add Up
Pastebin:   Team, You have likely seen the news that we made the decision to remove an ap
Josh Kraushaar / @hotlinejosh:   Like the relationship between Trump and the GOP: “We thought trade would bring Western values to China. Instead, it brought Chinese values to Apple.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
Sissi Cao / Observer:   Apple CEO Tim Cook Gives Lame Explanation for Censoring Pro-Hong Kong Apps in China
Lucas Nolan / Breitbart:   Apple CEO Tim Cook Defends Blacklisting Hong Kong Protest Tracking App
Dave Mark / The Loop:   ∞ China, Catalina, and Apple bashing
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Dave McMenamin / ESPN:
NBA enacts temporary policy barring media sessions during its games in China; China mandated that NBA commissioner cancel his pregame news conference Thursday
George Ramsay / CNN:   The NBA cancels media access for the remainder of China trip
@yair_rosenberg:   Wow, this is chilling. The NBA minder shuts down CNN's question here and refuses to let the players answer it. Not only are they acting as China's censors for their employees, they're now bringing China's suppression of the critical press to our shores. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Fleurantin / NetsDaily:   Breakfast and basketball 2: Nets and Lakers end an eventful week in China
Foreign Policy:   Trade War Pause Leaves Few Happy
Dylan Gwinn / Breitbart:   Silenced: NBA Cancels Media Availability for Remainder of China Trip
Adam Gold / @agoldfan:   I mean, I get not wanting to put players in a tough situation. But, this is a very bad look for the NBA who appears to be bending over backwards to appease China. https://www.espn.com/...
Caleb Parke / Fox News:   Pompeo calls foul on NBA's China treatment
Brakkton Booker / NPR:   NBA Calls Off News Conferences For Players In China As Controversy Lingers
@deadondavev:   Shutting down the media to avoid answering real questions. Big shocker there! NBA: No media availability for rest of China trip http://www.espn.com/... via @ESPN App https://www.espn.com/app
Jay Rigdon / Awful Announcing:   NBA cancels all media availability for the duration of the Lakers and Nets trip to China
Reuters:   NBA says no media sessions for Nets, Lakers for rest of China trip -ESPN reporter
Brian Lewis / New York Post:   NBA nixes media availability for rest of China trip
Ben Church / CNN:   CNN anchor shut down for asking question about the NBA's standoff with China
Nick Statt / The Verge:
Quartz says its website has been blocked in China and its app has been removed from the App Store due to government complaints about its coverage of HK protests
Bill Werde / Billboard:   Banned in China: Why the Music Biz Should Be Watching NBA, ‘South Park’ Dramas (Guest Column)
April Glaser / Slate:   Apple Is Picking a Side
South China Morning Post:   Six times Apple gave in to China
Stephen Nellis / Reuters:   Apple CEO Cook defends removal of police-tracking app used in Hong Kong
Lucas Nolan / Breitbart:   Google Blacklists Hong Kong Protest Game for ‘Capitalizing on Sensitive Events’< Charlie Wood / Business Insider:   Hong Kong lawmaker who relied on the banned HKMap Live app warns Apple from becoming an 'accomplice …
Fortune:   Apple CEO Tim Cook Defends Decision to Drop Hong Kong Protest Map From App Store After China Complaint
Kyle Sammin / The Federalist:   Trade With China Has Turned Into Giving Away Our Values For Their Money
Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac:   Hong Kong app: Lawmaker asks Tim Cook to prioritize ‘values over profits’
Andy Ihnatko / @ihnatko:   Apple is REQUIRED to make a clear explanation for this. Because if — IF — they removed a news app from a country's App Store because it was reporting news critical of that government, then Apple has _reprehensibly_ abdicated its moral obligation to Apple users worldwide. https://twitter.com/...
Dylan Curran / The Guardian:   I'm a Blizzard gamer. I am boycotting them over their Hong Kong censorship
Ben Conarck / @conarck:   Good example of why news outlets can't afford to cede publishing to the tech giants. We need to be in charge of distribution of our content, not FB, not Apple. https://twitter.com/...
Avi Asher-Schapiro / @aaschapiro:   Apple has decided to remove the news website Quartz from the Chinese App Store. Quartz says its retaliation for its “ongoing coverage of the Hong Kong protests.” This is not new territory for Apple—they did the same thing to the New York Times in 2017. https://www.theverge.com/...
John Keefe / @jkeefe:   Apple just took the Quartz app out of the Chinese app store at the request of China, and http://qz.com is now blocked from mainland China. Our excellent @qz coverage of ongoing Hong Kong protests may be the reason: https://qz.com/...
John Michael McGrath / @jm_mcgrath:   Guys, I'm beginning to think — hear me out here — that massive corporations with global reach controlling the basic infrastructure of free expression might be a bad thing. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kottke / kottke.org:   What to Expect When Expecting the Displeasure of the Chinese Government
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Do not think for one moment that Tim Cook or N.B.A. Commish Adam Silver wouldn't sell you personally into a Chinese labor camp/'phone factory if either one could make a crisp ten-dollar bill on the deal.