'Last Week Tonight' appears to have struck a nerve with a segment critiquing China's human rights record.
The segment poked fun at Chinese President Xi Jinping. Now, China's regulators are cracking down on HBO.
The 20-minute segment, which aired in the U.S. on June 17.
It was detailed denunciation of China?s human rights abuses, as well as the country's brutal suppression of dissent.
The comedy came in when Oliver highlighted Beijing's practice of censoring online mentions of Winnie-the-Pooh.
President Xi is sometimes likened to the bear by Chinese internet users ? often in an affectionate way.
?Clamping down on Winnie-the-Pooh comparisons doesn?t exactly project strength,? Oliver said. ?It suggests a weird insecurity.?
According to internet censorship watchdog a GreatFire.org, the HBO website has been inaccessible to mainland Chinese internet users since Saturday.
HBO is distributed throughout the region by HBO Asia, a Singapore-based subsidiary.
25-06-2018 - Vidéo
