By Theodore Bunker | Tuesday, 08 March 2022 05:05 PM The Chinese government is reportedly censoring state media reports about the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and promoting commentary that is supportive of Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Axios. A leaked censorship directive obtained by China Digital Times says state media outlets in China were told not to release "anything unfavorable to Russia or pro-Western" on social media and to only use hashtags that originated at Chinese state media outlets. "Effective immediately, re: Weibo posts related to Ukraine," the instructions begin. "Send all posts from the Horizon News account...