Disney withdraws “The Simpsons” episode and calls China’s “forced labor camps”.

Disney has pulled an episode of The Simpsons criticizing China from its Hong Kong streaming platform.

The episode, titled “One Angry Lisa,” first aired in October last year, and features Marge Simpson taking a spin class while a screen shows images of the Great Wall of China.

“Look at the wonders of China,” says the class teacher. “Bitcoin mines, forced labor camps where kids make smartphones.”

Hong Kong has increasingly come under Beijing’s control in recent years, with Disney likely pulling the episode so as not to anger the Chinese government.

China is a key market for Disney, and the country has become one of the company’s top revenue streams.

While Disney poses as an enlightened and progressive company, China has come under fire for human rights abuses, including cultural and religious persecution, so the company’s desire to remain comfortable with the country has sparked accusations of hypocrisy.

“Capitalism is capitalism, but a company like Disney, which constantly spits out how diverse and inclusive it is, should stand up for what it says it believes in, rather than bowing to China’s money. It’s hypocrisy,” one critic said recently scolded on Twitter.

The Post has reached out to Disney for comment.

The “labour camp” joke in The Simpsons episode appears to refer to the mass incarceration of Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim group in western China.

According to the US State Department, up to 1,200 government detention centers for Uyghurs have been set up across the region.

“Incarceration in these camps aims to erase ethnic and religious identities under the pretext of ‘professional training,'” writes the department. “Forced labor is a key tactic of this repression.”

Axios first confirmed that The Simpsons episode has been pulled from Disney’s Hong Kong streaming service.

It’s not the first time an episode of the animated series has been canceled, however.

In 2021, Disney pulled a separate episode of “The Simpsons” — one with a Tiananmen Square joke — from its Hong Kong streaming service.

“Disney is no stranger to China’s demands for censorship and has a long track record of bowing to them,” Axios wrote in its report.

Disney isn’t the only American company to be criticized for appearing to be snuggling with China.

Apple – which also describes itself as a progressive company – has been called out after obstructing the use of its AirDrop tool in China amid widespread protests against Xi Jinping’s “zero-COVID” policy