(CNN) Comedian John Oliver has been scrubbed from Chinese microblogging site Weibo after satirizing Chinese president Xi Jinping on his HBO show "Last Week Tonight."

HBO is part of WarnerMedia, which also operates CNN parent company Turner.

Oliver spent 20 minutes Sunday criticizing Xi on everything from the removal of term limits , allowing him to rule for life, to China's economic leverage.

One of his critiques focused on censorship. "While China has never exactly been known as a haven for free expression, (Xi) has clamped down noticeably on any form of dissent whatsoever," Oliver said, citing banned phrases online such as "personality cult."

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True to form, Chinese censors soon wiped posts about Oliver and his show from Weibo.

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