> means if :host > span is evaluated in the context of a shadow tree, :host matches its shadow host, and > means its immediate children (relationship), which traverses into its shadow tree because the context is the shadow tree, and then finds span.
I don't see how that paragraph redefines how child combinators work, honestly.
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