China’s state-run broadcaster didn’t translate the International Paralympic Committee president’s remarks on war. English soccer broadcasts will also be blacked out this weekend.
BEIJING—China made its position on Ukraine clear on Friday with two acts of sports censorship that aimed to block coverage of anti-war sentiment in a country that has sought to maintain close ties with Russia as it sends tanks and missiles into its neighbor.
China’s state-run broadcaster didn’t translate and then silenced remarks by International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons, as he derided Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during the Winter Paralympic opening ceremony in Beijing on Friday.
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