Protesting extensive lockdowns and quarantines, people in China have found an unlikely point of comparison: the World Cup in Qatar.
with protests erupting
after a fire many believe was turned unnecessarily deadly by virus restrictions. A post about the World Cup briefly went viral on WeChat last week before getting taken down. “Audiences at the Qatar World Cup are not wearing masks or required to have PCR test results available with them -- aren’t they on the same planet we live?,"Multiple reports have said that Chinese domestic broadcasts of the games appear to be cutting back on crowd shots of stadiums packed with maskless fans.
from his Twitter post for supposed copyright violations, although other clips demonstrating the selective editing circulated over the weekend. The switch was noticed during the Croatia-Canada, Japan-Costa Rica and Australia-Tunisia games.
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