China, the World Cup relay was 7 minutes slow … Editing priority for spectators without masks

Chul Lee Chinese political and economic expert
Appearing on MBC radio ‘Kim Jong-bae’s Attention’
“7 minute time difference with Korean relay broadcast”

As the intensity of the protests against the government’s “zero corona” policy increased in the main Chinese cities, the Chinese authorities deliberately edited the appearance of the cheering squad without masks on the change screen of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

According to Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post (SCMP) on the 28th, China Central (CC) TV had a “mask” in the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group E second match between Japan and Costa Rica held at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan , Qatar the day before The scene of the cheerleaders waving the national flag was replaced by images of players, officials, and football fields.

In the match between Australia and Tunisia which took place the day before, he edited CCTV in the same way. In addition, when CCTV showed the viewers, it sent a ‘distant view’ which made it difficult to recognize an individual’s face. It made it hard to tell if he was wearing a mask or not.

A number of videos comparing the original screen and the edited screen were uploaded on social network services (SNS) such as Twitter.

● “I worry about the World Cup relay as much as I do about quarantine”

On the 30th, MBC Radio’s ‘Kim Jong-bae’s Attention’ featured writer Lee Chul, who has lived in Beijing for over 20 years and is active as a Chinese political and economic expert, and drew attention to the phenomenon of the protests against China’s corona blockade.

In response to the host’s question, “There is a story that the Chinese government is also paying attention to the World Cup relay,” the author said, “The Chinese government has said that corona quarantine is very important, has put a nationwide lockdown and emphasize that everyone wears a mask and keeps a distance. “But when I saw the World Cup, tens of thousands of people from all over the world were not wearing any masks,” he said.

This writer explained, “(Citizens who watched the broadcast) can’t help but wonder why this is like this,” and “If you do a little research, you’ll find out that outside China has already gone to Gyda Corona. “

At the same time, he noted that the World Cup relay is not usually held in China. The author said, “According to an acquaintance in Shanghai, there is a time difference of about 7 minutes between the World Cup relay broadcast in Korea and the World Cup relay broadcast in China,” he said. .

● Hold ‘blank paper’ and zero opposing corona… summary of participants

In China, a so-called ’empty protest’ against zero corona is underway. Chinese authorities launched a massive roundup of participants in the ’empty demonstration’.

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▲ Solidarity demonstrations were held to support the ‘white paper demonstration’ protesting against China’s ‘zero corona’ policy around the world. University students in Hong Kong hold blank papers to commemorate the victims of the Urumqi fire.
Associated Press of Hong Kong

According to the United States’ Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on the 29th (local time), Chinese public security authorities began arresting protesters through on-site photos and videos, messaging applications (apps) such as Telegram, social media (SNS), and tracking telephone cage. .

In the simultaneous protests held in different parts of China, including Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Nanjing, and Chengdu on the 25th and 27th, the protesters were believed to have exchanged messages on Telegram and social media, and they started tracking them.

The authorities are trying to prevent future demonstrations in advance. A large number of police personnel are deployed in areas where protests may occur in large cities, even blocking the access of citizens.

Reporter Kim Min-ji