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China and other champions in the sport of censorship

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Rumors against. Beijing obscures the broadcast of individual foreign league teams whose members criticize the Chinese government

Banned matches on TV, the voices of the athletes silenced. From politics to diplomatic relations between countries, the strategy of tension is often paid for by sport. The book of censorship has been enriched with new chapters in recent weeks. And China is again involved: the Beijing government recently banned the games of the Boston Celtics, one of the most famous teams in the American basketball league, the NBA, the favorite competition of the Chinese. No Celtics games, those scheduled on Tencent’s schedule disappeared immediately. The decision came directly from Xi Jinping, furious …

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