The live feed of the sixth DemDebate in the US was cut without warning in China Thursday night during a discussion on allegations of human rights abuses in the country's western region of Xinjiang
The screen went black just before 9 p.m. ET after PBS moderator Judy Woodruff asked Mayor Pete Buttigieg if the US should boycott the 2022 Beijing Olympics over China's alleged mass detention of its Uyghur citizens.The feed from the PBS/Politico debate in Los Angeles remained cut for about nine minutes while candidates were asked about a range of China issues, including the Hong Kong protests and military tensions in the South China Sea.
— Will Ripley December 20, 2019 Read MoreCNN stories on the Xinjiang detention centers and the protests in Hong Kong are regularly removed from the air by Chinese censors.The US State Department claims that up to 2 million Muslim-majority Uyghurs may have been detained in mass detention centers in China's Xinjiang province. Former detainees and activists claim they have been subjected to hash conditions and abuse as they undergo political re-education inside the camps.
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