Chinese censors blocked out Mike Pence's comments about China and resumed broadcast when Kamala Harris began speaking

China censors US vice-presidential debate when Pence gets asked about the communist nation.

China censors US vice-presidential debate when Pence gets asked about the communist nation.CNN's feed was reportedly, temporarily cut in mainland China during the US vice presidential debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris when Pence began to criticize China's response to the Covid-19 pandemic. When answering a question on the US relationship with China and President Donald Trump’s recent comments that Beijing will “pay” for the pandemic, Pence said China was to blame for the coronavirus. The CNN feed came back onceHarris began her answer, which focused on the Trump administration’s approach to China that she said “resulted in the loss of American lives, American jobs, and America's standing.”

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