I wouldn't take anything Apple Daily says too seriously... The reason that the 2D version is being pulled is that they want to yield the 2D cinemas to the Confucius movie. If they are pulling it for political reasons, why would they leave the 3D and imax version alone?

Mao's army committed massive acts of rape. THE CHINESE ARMY FORCED TEENAGE GIRLS INTO SEX SERVICE.

Any source for your claim? Typing in caps doesn't help.