Fuck China. And Cover for that matter. According to the analitics apparently China only represents like 2% of their revenue, so they literally had no reason to bow down like this.
I don't buy the thing that they did it in order to protect their Chinese branch members either, correct me if...
I like them bizarre references, but i feel conflicted when i realize that even if i was a native japanese i wouldn't ever get get them without the help of a wiki.
Kenzaburou-san is such a man among men.
Then again, great work with the localization of the jokes. I know they are among the hardest things to translate.