'Worst Olympic flop': Chinese media bemoan Rio medal tally; Guardian, 8/17/16

Tom Phillips, Guardian; 'Worst Olympic flop': Chinese media bemoan Rio medal tally:

"Beijing sees sporting prowess as a key soft power weapon and sensitivities over China’s performance at Rio 2016 were on show on Wednesday morning when Chinese television censors briefly pulled the plug on a BBC World broadcast about the plight of China’s gymnasts.

As presenter Rico Hizon introduced a story about how Chinese gymnasts had won “zilch” and an image of a prostrated You Hao appeared, the screen went black, as routinely happens during stories considered politically inconvenient to the Communist party."