Found on Twitter. Source is le reddit, so only screenshot archives of ASUS CN's now-deleted BilliBilli posts.
Note: ASUS is a Taiwanese company.
https://archive.vn/E29Im this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2020 1,795 points (98% upvoted)
ASUSxHololive stream got cancelled Discussion (self.Hololive) submitted 6 hours ago * by seankao31
source:
"I just learned from the comment section that a regional branch of our company has a collab stream with hololive."
" 1.China branch isn't aware of this. Each branch is responsible for their own region.
2.However, everyone knows us as a whole brand, and being a Chinese company [1] we take it seriously. We hope to cancel the stream.
3.Hololive f*ck ur mom."
https://archive.vn/0uopS 白上フブキ@shirakamifubuki @shirakamifubuki 17 Dec 2020
【放送中止のお知らせ】 ２０時から予定してました紹介放送なのですが 諸事情により本日の放送は中止になりました。 楽しみに待っててくれた皆さんには申し訳ございません。 よろしくお願いいたします。
Why would China not want this? Is there some political undertone I’m not aware of?
chinese got angry with a hololive JP member coco mentioning taiwan once (to the point that hololive CN branch had to be scraped) and they have been holding a grudge ever since(even after hololive had suspended her for a few weeks but chinese wanted her gone completely