Current Events > China furious at British John Oliver, blocks HBO's website and censors comments.

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UnfairRepresent
06/25/18 7:03:31 AM
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China reportedly blocked HBO after Last Week Tonight host John Olivers comments last week attacking the countrys human rights record and mocking President Xi Jinping.

Chinese internet users were unable to sign onto HBO.com after Olivers comments aired, the New York Daily News reported, citing Chinese internet monitoring site Greatfire.org.

Oliver last week slammed Chinese lawmakers abolition of presidential term limits and the countrys political doctrine of Xi Jinping Thought. Oliver said that Xis consolidation of power is driven by a cult of personality.

The host went on to liken Xi to the cartoon bear Winnie the Pooh. He said Xi is is very sensitive about his perceived resemblance to Winnie the Pooh. Additionally, the comedian mocked the countrys $1 trillion Belt and Road initiative, an ambitious foreign policy plan that aims to place China at the center of world trade.

Greatfire said that tests on Saturday and Sunday showed HBOs website was blocked, according to the New York Daily News.

Weibo, Chinas social media giant, blocked Oliver from its website, according to Reuters. Weibo blocked and deleted posts referring to Oliver in reaction to the hosts segment.


Fulll Article: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/06/25/china-blocks-hbos-website-after-john-olivers-segment-on-xi-jinping-report.html
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Oliver just made a list of China's enemies.

Incidentially I do like the fact that conservatives are coming to bat for him here.

No matter your political opinions if you believe in American values you should be upset at China trying to silence people from talking/thinking
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Sayoria
06/25/18 7:13:34 AM
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Damn. Jinping really DOES hate being called Winnie The Pooh I guess.
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YOUHAVENOHOPE
06/25/18 7:15:32 AM
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China has no freedom of expression nor various other basic civil/human rights

In other news water is wet
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Sayoria
06/25/18 7:25:34 AM
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Highwind07 posted...
My parents grew up in the Mao era and they really hate how Xi is becming the next Mao.

Maybe we can give that a shot some day
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HashtagTartarus
06/26/18 1:43:47 PM
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Sayoria posted...
Highwind07 posted...
My parents grew up in the Mao era and they really hate how Xi is becming the next Mao.

Maybe we can give that a shot some day

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Kaiganeer
06/26/18 1:49:39 PM
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@xi_jinping

you a winnie the pooh looking motherfucker
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Solid Snake07
06/26/18 1:51:10 PM
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Just China doing China shit
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TheVipaGTS
06/26/18 1:52:44 PM
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Solid Snake07 posted...
Just China doing China shit

I mean Trump tries to do the same shit with his fake news stuff.
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FrisbeeDude
06/26/18 1:54:46 PM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
Solid Snake07 posted...
Just China doing China shit

I mean Trump tries to do the same shit with his fake news stuff.


I fucking hate trump, but Chinese censorship is on a whole different level
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Shotgunnova
06/26/18 1:55:42 PM
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The 100-Acre Wood will not be censored, Xi.
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ImTheMacheteGuy
06/26/18 1:57:08 PM
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Yeah, that's disturbing
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NibeIungsnarf
06/26/18 1:58:06 PM
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I wish I could watch John Oliver's great performances on the Daily Show but I cant cause Comedy Central blocks itself from the rest of the world.
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KamenRiderBlade
06/26/18 2:02:01 PM
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@Sayoria posted...
Maybe we can give that a shot some day
Xi already wrote his name into the Chinese & Communist Constitution.

He can literally be President for life if he wants to.

Might as well retitle his position to be Emperor Xi Jing-ping.
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TheVipaGTS
06/26/18 2:02:16 PM
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FrisbeeDude posted...
TheVipaGTS posted...
Solid Snake07 posted...
Just China doing China shit

I mean Trump tries to do the same shit with his fake news stuff.


I fucking hate trump, but Chinese censorship is on a whole different level

If we didnt have certain laws I belIeve trump would be on that level.
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hockeybub89
06/26/18 2:06:49 PM
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Solid Snake07
06/26/18 2:08:33 PM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
FrisbeeDude posted...
TheVipaGTS posted...
Solid Snake07 posted...
Just China doing China shit

I mean Trump tries to do the same shit with his fake news stuff.


I fucking hate trump, but Chinese censorship is on a whole different level

If we didnt have certain laws I belIeve trump would be on that level.


Okay but we do, so the comparison is kind of silly. Completely manipulating the media with censorship and being a liar are not the same thing
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Sayoria
06/26/18 2:08:34 PM
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KamenRiderBlade posted...
@Sayoria posted...
Maybe we can give that a shot some day
Xi already wrote his name into the Chinese & Communist Constitution.

He can literally be President for life if he wants to.

Might as well retitle his position to be Emperor Xi Jing-ping.


More like Emperor Xi Jingmao
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KamenRiderBlade
06/26/18 2:10:35 PM
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@Sayoria posted...
More like Emperor Xi Jingmao
More like Emperor Xi Jing-Ping AKA The 2nd Coming of Mao Ze-Dong
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KamenRiderBlade
06/26/18 2:11:17 PM
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Ex-Kefiroth posted...
The fall of Xi and the destruction of the Communist Party of China is one of the best things that could possibly happen for the world.
Get in line, there are literally millions of people who want the same thing.

The problem is that the CCP is literally the ruling party and has the military loyal to that party written in their constitution.

They are a ruling party of 20+ million people spread throughout all levels of Government from top to bottom and in the Bureaucracies.
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Solid Snake07
06/26/18 2:14:12 PM
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KamenRiderBlade posted...
@Sayoria posted...
More like Emperor Xi Jingmao
More like Emperor Xi Jing-Ping AKA The 2nd Coming of Mao Ze-Dong


Aka emperor poo bear
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spudger
06/26/18 2:16:42 PM
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Petty
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HashtagTartarus
06/26/18 2:19:03 PM
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ClunkerSlim posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
Chinese internet users were unable to sign onto HBO.com

That final season of GoT is about to get pirated like a mother fuck. You know... if it ever gets around to airing. By the way, if China is blocked then how do you cancel your subscription?


I wonder if Chinese banks are used to doing chargebacks for services that the Chinese government decided to block.
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Wedge Antilles
06/26/18 2:55:02 PM
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Oh bother.
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