The topic of American companies censoring Chinese issues was brought up on this week’s TWiT, so I talked about this briefly here.
Having thought about it a bit, I don’t have a problem with Blizzard not wanting politics on their broadcasts. This is seen in other sports, for example Fifa bans the wearing of political symbols during football matches. That being said, the fact that the rule that Blizzard said was broken was a catch-all rather than specific ban on politics, and the grossly disproportionate response (1 year ban, confiscation of prize money, firing both casters) suggests that this isn’t Blizzard taking typical action against a rule violation, but an attempt to keep the Chinese authorities (and therefore money) happy.