China Blasts NBC for Using ‘Incomplete’ Map on Olympic Broadcast
Flag bearers Ting Zhu and Shuai Zhao of Team China lead their delegation during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the National Stadium in Tokyo, onJuly 23.
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China lashed out at Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal for displaying an “incomplete” map of the country during its broadcast of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony when Chinese athletes appeared, saying the games shouldn’t be politicized.
“The map is an expression of the national territory, symbolizing national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” a spokesperson for the Chinese consulate in New York said in a statement. “We urge the NBC to recognize the serious nature of this problem and take measures to correct the error.”