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Chinese television avoids showing maskless World Cup crowds.

With protests raging across China over its zero-covid policy, Bloomberg and others have noticed that Chinese Central Television (CCTV) broadcasts from Qatar appear to be avoiding footage showing thousands of maskless fans. Here’s a good side-by-side example: CCTV on the left.

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