Editing Band in China (section)

===Public Reactions===
This episode made headlines when it resulted in ''South Park'' being [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/south-park-banned-chinese-internet-critical-episode-1245783 banned in China], no longer appearing on social media or search in the country, with clips and seasons being removed from video sites, and even fan pages and discussion threads becoming inaccessible entirely. German musician Zedd was [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/south-park-dj-zedd-permanently-banned-china-liking-tweet-1247234tweet-1247234&usg=AOvVaw3a6Ttqm7f15q5zxx-sl18J "permanently banned"] from the country for liking a South Park post. There are [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/south-park-notorious-china-episode-screened-streets-hong-kong-1246561 reports indicating] that some Hong Kong protestors, in fact, have played the episode.

The same week the episode aired, issues with China were also in the news due to an NBA basketball manager Daryl Morey being forced to [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nbas-apology-china-draws-outrage-political-spectrum-1245772 recant a tweet supporting protesters] in Hong Kong against the Chinese government, and video game company Blizzard [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/blizzard-bans-esports-player-pro-hong-kong-interview-1246193 shutting down] a live stream when a competitive player declared support for the protesters despite rules against political subjects. Both incidents relating to Chinese censorship 

Amid the media coverage, series co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone released a rare statement through the official South Park social media accounts:

"Like the NBA, we welcome the Chinese censors into our homes and into our hearts," the statement reads. "We too love money more than freedom and democracy. Xi doesn't look like Winnie the Pooh at all. Tune into our 300th episode this Wednesday at 10! Long live the great Communist Party of China. May the autumn's sorghum harvest be bountiful. We good now China?"

The statement attracted additional media coverage, and Matt and Trey stood by their position next week in "[[Shots!!!]]", where [[Towelie]] urges Randy to say "Fuck the Chinese government" as part of an apology for his previous profit-motivated actions, which again attracted further coverage.