The protesters, many wearing blue headbands reading “Save Uighurs,” chanted “Get out, China!”

Instead of the sports channel of Chinese state television showing Ozil featuring in Arsenal’s 3-0 loss to City, it scheduled a delayed recording of Tottenham’s 2-1 victory over Wolverhampton from earlier Sunday, according to information from the network.

The bill “disregards the facts and mixes up black and white,” said the Foreign Affairs Commission of China’s legislature.