The British television host been censored on China's biggest social media site, just days after he criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping on his popular US show Last Week Tonight.

In the show's latest episode, Mr Oliver highlights the political, human rights and economic issues China is currently facing, and delivers some striking criticisms of the Chinese government.

Attempts by the BBC to post a status on Weibo - China's biggest social media platform - with the term "John Oliver" were blocked.

Instead an error message pops up, informing you that the post violates "relevant laws and regulations".

If you try searching for "John Oliver", it does yield some results, though you won't find any new posts - the most recent one is from the 12 June, a week before the "Last Week Tonight" episode aired.

A search for the show's name in Mandarin also brings up no results.

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