Report: China asks Amazon to delete negative comments on Xi Jinping’s works, Amazon complies with it

As part of a greater effort to win the favor of the Chinese Communist government and expand its business, Amazon responded to the Communist Party’s request by deleting negative comments and comments on the works of dictator Xi Jinping.

One Reuters report This is the first detailed description of how to remove ratings, reviews, and comments from Xi Jinping’s “China Governance” (Xi Jinping’s collection of speeches and writings) list. The Amazon Chinese website was published on Amazon’s Chinese website in 2018. Negative comments triggered censorship requests. According to sources interviewed by Reuters, Xi Jinping’s book on Amazon’s five-star rating system.

“I think the problem is anything under five stars,” one of the sources said.

Amazon has complied with the laws of the Chinese government. Reuters reported that comments, ratings, and comments on Amazon.cn are still banned today.

This is yet another example of an American company bending over to please a Chinese tyrant in order to make money.

Reuters reported on Amazon’s internal documents in 2018, which outlined the company’s strategy to cooperate with the Chinese government to sell more Kindle e-book readers and cloud computing services in China.

According to reports, the document acknowledges that “ideological control and propaganda are at the core of the Communist Party’s toolkit for achieving and maintaining success.”

According to Reuters, the company said: “We will not judge whether it is right or wrong.”

A “core element” of Amazon’s strategy to appease Chinese propagandists is to create a Sales Portal On the company’s US website Amazon.com, it is called China Books. The books sold on this page include many books that are not related to politics, such as Chinese textbooks, recipes, and children’s bedtime stories. However, Reuters pointed out that Amazon also peddles and promotes Chinese virtues while covering up Uighurs’ cruel human rights violations in Xinjiang.

The 2018 briefing document was prepared for Jay Carney, the current global head of Amazon lobbying and public policy, and former White House press secretary during the Obama administration. It described the “Chinabooks Project” as a “key element” to prevent obtaining permission to sell e-books on Kindle in China.

Amazon has also invested in China to expand Amazon Web Services, a cloud computing service used by many foreign companies to export goods and services abroad.

Reuters reported that AWS has become one of the world’s largest suppliers of Chinese companies. The 2018 briefing documents prepared for Carney indicate that the company is receiving “an increasing number of requests from (Chinese) regulators to remove certain content, most of which are politically sensitive.”

According to reports, Amazon has delayed some review requests. The company rejected the CCP’s request to delete content and block a website hosted by Chinese dissident Guo Wengui in the United States.

In a statement, the e-commerce company told Reuters that it “complied with all applicable laws and regulations, no matter where we operate, and China is no exception.”

The company added: “As a bookseller, we think it’s important to provide written text and diversified views. This includes some books that may be offensive.”