Showing 1 - 15 of 24 articles tagged "Chinese government"

• Posted Thursday 3/24/22 at 1:49PM EDT

  China's state-run TV won't allow the Oscars to be shown for the second straight year

  As The Hollywood Reporter notes, "the decision from Chinese broadcasters to forgo Hollywood’s most glamorous awards show comes as another...

• Posted Tuesday 2/15/22 at 12:43PM EST

  Why has NBC's Winter Olympics coverage been silent on China human-rights abuses and the host nation's other controversies?

  Mike Tirico touched upon the controversies involving China, saying "everyone and everything attached to these games is facing questions" during...

• Posted Monday 2/14/22 at 9:37AM EST

  Backlash follows Friends' return to China's streaming service with LGBTQ storylines edited out

  The hashtag #FriendsCensored quickly attracted millions of views on the Weibo social media platform after the removal of sexually suggestive...

• Posted Monday 11/29/21 at 9:22AM EST

  Disney+ removes The Simpsons' 2005 episode with a Tiananmen Square joke from its Hong Kong launch

  The Season 16 episode showed the Simpson family visiting Beijing, China.

• Posted Monday 10/25/21 at 1:45PM EDT

  John Oliver targets Last Week Tonight vet John Cena over his bizarre apology to China

  Cena was born on the same day as Oliver and appeared on Last Week Tonight last year in a segment...

• Posted Thursday 9/02/21 at 7:35PM EDT

  China's government bans effeminate men from appearing on TV

  President Xi Jinping's government's TV regulator told broadcasters they must “resolutely put an end to sissy men and other abnormal...

• Posted Saturday 7/24/21 at 8:36PM EDT

  Only 17 million watched the Opening Ceremony, the worst viewership of the past 30 years

  NBC's live coverage of the Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony on Friday morning and its re-airing Friday night combined for 17...

• Posted Friday 10/09/20 at 11:15AM EDT

  Tonight's NBA Finals Game 5 will be the first NBA game shown in China in one year

  On Oct.

• Posted Saturday 9/26/20 at 7:40AM EDT

  Netflix rejects Republican senators' Liu Cixin-The Three-Body Problem criticism

  The five U.

• Posted Thursday 9/24/20 at 6:10PM EDT

  Five Republican U.S. senators send a letter to Netflix voicing concern over The Three-Body Problem from Game of Thrones creators

  The senators said in their letter to Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos they are concerned that Liu Cixin has "parroted” China’s...

• Posted Saturday 2/01/20 at 2:55AM EST

  Chernobyl is striking a chord in China amid the coronavirus outbreak

  Numerous people in China have been using the HBO limited series to channel their anger with the Chinese government over...

• Posted Friday 12/13/19 at 2:23PM EST

  Samantha Bee's Full Frontal to cover the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong

  Bee plans to ask “What the F@$% is going on there and what the H#%& is the solution?” in a...

• Posted Thursday 10/17/19 at 3:14AM EDT

  South Park uses LeBron James' own words to mock him in NBA-China controversy

  The NBA superstar was heavily criticized earlier this week for seeming to side with the NBA while criticizing Houston Rockets...

• Posted Monday 10/14/19 at 3:28PM EDT

  The NFL enraged China with its 2004 Janet Jackson Super Bowl halftime show, but not because of Nipplegate

  Like the NBA today, the NFL once offended China.

• Posted Monday 10/14/19 at 3:28PM EDT

  Chinese internet company cancels ESPN star Adrian Wojnarowski's Chinese NBA studio show after he "liked" a pro-Hong Kong protesters tweet

  Wojnarowski’s Chinese basketball show, Woj in the House, has been broadcast on Chinese internet company Tencent in partnership with ESPN...