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China State TV Removes English Premier League Games Amid Ongoing Diplomatic Row, Report

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Andreas Wiseman International EditorChinese state television is removing English Premier League soccer matches from their schedule amid the growing political feud between Beijing and the UK government.CCTV, which has the rights in China, won’t be showing the remainder of the current season, per a Bloomberg report.

The game between title winners Liverpool and top four team Chelsea wasn’t aired as planned Wednesday night.However, according to reports, the blackout didn’t extend to streaming services, with the game shown on Chinese video app PPTV, which inked a massive $560M rights deal to the EPL back in 2016.The move comes amid growing tension between China and Boris Johnson’s UK government which has banned telcom giant Huawei and opposed.

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