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HONG KONG—Some soccer fans have accused Chinese state television of manipulating its broadcasts of the World Cup to maintain the illusion that life in China under its strict zero-Covid rules isn’t too dissimilar from the outside world. While protesters took to the streets in major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai over the weekend to condemn Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s “zero Covid” strategy, viewers at home logged on to social media to castigate state broadcaster China Central Television for allegedly trying to veil the fact that many countries have moved away from tough measures such as mass lockdowns and mask...
