Amazon Censors Criticism of China
Commentary
Amazon is concerning a group of authors and publishers highly critical of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The company, headquartered in Seattle and Arlington, does extensive business with China, from which it sells vast quantities of imported products in its core markets of the United States, Europe, and Japan.
According to EcomCrew, over 63 percent of all third-party Amazon sellers are from China (including Hong Kong). Amazon obscures this crucial fact by not automatically listing the country of origin on the products it sells.
Given its supply dependence on China, Amazon’s recent censorship of a book review critical of Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the CCP raises questions about bias….