China Censors CNN Live Feed During Report on Tennis Star Who Accused Government Official of Sexual Assault

(Via Mediaite)

China pulled CNN off the air Monday during its report on Peng Shuai — the tennis star who went missing after accusing a retired government official of sexual assault, then reemerged over the weekend in a series of photos posted by Chinese state media, and in a video call with the International Olympic Committee.

During the report on Monday’s edition of New Day, a live feed of CNN’s broadcast in China was shown in the lower right-hand corner of the screen. The feed appeared to be several seconds behind the U.S. broadcast, and so a CNN promo was seen as the New Day segment on Peng began. But suddenly, as soon as Peng was mentioned, the feed stopped transmitting the broadcast, and tone and bars appeared.

“No signal please stand by,” read the message on the screen.