China censors Olympic broadcast as Taiwan awarded gold medal for doubles badminton
Chinese state television shut down a live broadcast of the 2024 Summer Olympics Sunday, August 4, 2024 when the Taiwanese team beat China in the men’s doubles badminton. China Pulls Olympic Broadcast After Taiwanese Team Nabs Gold | The Daily Caller Byron Wan on X: "Aug 4: 🇹🇼 Lee Yang (李洋) / Wang Chi-lin (王齊麟) became the first pair in badminton history to win the men’s doubles twice after an intense 21-17, 18-21, 21-19 victory over 🇨🇳 Liang Weikeng / Wang Chang at the Olympic Games Paris 2024. The match began at 22:10 but 🇨🇳 state ... but 🇨🇳 state media CCTV didn’t broadcast it until 23:03. CCTV stopped the broadcast 40 minutes later when the match ended at 23:43, and didn’t broadcast the medal ceremony.