The missing episode 12, first broadcast in 2005, happens to be the one where Homer takes his family to China, where they visit Tiananmen Square, site of the deadly crackdown in 1989 against democracy protesters.
Until recently, Hong Kong, a former British colony that was handed back to China in 1997, has enjoyed political and artistic freedoms of speech when compared to the mainland.
Several new measures have been introduced in Hong Kong, including new censorship laws introduced this summer that forbid any broadcasts that might breach a broad national security law China imposed on the city last year.
For instance, Netflix’s Hong Kong channel is still showing “South Park’s” “Band in China” episode, according to The Guardian.
Netflix is also streaming “Joshua: Teenager vs.