Pictures of fans have been removed from the 2022 FIFA World Cup in China

There are hardly any face masks on the stands in the restroom.

It has angered the Chinese people, who themselves are deeply held by their government.

After massive protests against those in power, public images of Qatar are now being deleted from Chinese broadcasts.

Over the weekend, images of Chinese people protesting the country’s strict restrictions were released around the world.

The protests gained momentum after 10 people were killed in an apartment fire in Urumqi, in Xinjiang, on Thursday.

One resident told the BBC that they could barely leave the apartment block because of the restrictions.

Replaces crowd photos

While the rest of the world has eased restrictions, China has maintained them. According to the BBC, the country is seeing its largest spread of cases in six months and the number of lockdowns has increased in recent weeks.

At the same time, the FIFA World Cup is being shown on TV with large crowds with only a few wearing face masks, which also provoked many Chinese.

It depends Journalist Mark Dreyer who writes for China Sports Insider.

According to him, completely different TV pictures from the World Cup are now being shown in China, where pictures of fans have been replaced by zooming in on players and coaches instead.

In a longer thread on Twitter The reporter explains that channels in China are constantly careful about the images they show to the population.

The video he shared of him comparing his broadcasts can be seen side by side on Twitter. But not on China’s WeChat where it was removed after it went viral.

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