NBA Events in China Disrupted over Hong Kong Tweet
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#2Posted and talked about yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21194008
Don't know how people feel about these things being multi-posted, but I kind of like seeing a different thread where more people can comment considering top comments in a thread can be random, and also people's opinions can change as quickly as a day.
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#3Posted and talked about yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21194008 Don't know how people feel about these things being multi-posted, but I kind of like seeing a different thread where more people can comment considering top comments in a thread can be random, and also people's opinions can change as quickly as a day.
Agree. Some people don't refresh Hacker News as religiously as others.
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#4The reason you haven't heard a single, solitary actor or actress speak up about Hong Kong is because China's money is pouring into Hollywood. They invest billions into making movies. This is also the same reason you've never seen Brad Pitt wearing a Free Tibet shirt in +10 years. He was only wearing that shirt because at the time, Bill Clinton had a spat with China. Actors and actresses are as fickle as the wind. But Kudos to these NBA players speaking out.
Re: NBA Events in China Disrupted over Hong Kong Tweet
#5Posted and talked about yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21194008 Don't know how people feel about these things being multi-posted, but I kind of like seeing a different thread where more people can comment considering top comments in a thread can be random, and also people's opinions can change as quickly as a day.
Yeah, this and the other 20 articles should be auto-posted every hour, or stickied to the front page. /s
Re: NBA Events in China Disrupted over Hong Kong Tweet
#6A tidbit from the article:
> In an indication of how the basketball dispute may be galvanizing some sectors of Chinese society, police in the northeastern province of Jilin said they had arrested on Sunday a 25-year-old man accused of making online “remarks that insult the national flag.”
The man was identified by police only by his family name Wang and his online screen name on the messaging service Weibo. That account showed a photo of a man wearing a Houston Rockets jersey with a cover over his eye—imagery adopted by demonstrators in Hong Kong—and holding a lighter below an upside down Chinese flag.
“I live and die with the basketball team,” the posting said.
Re: NBA Events in China Disrupted over Hong Kong Tweet
#7Two funny things about this:
1. Both Americans and China are furious at the NBA, both are threatening to boycott it.
2. Tencent just signed a $1.5 Billion streaming deal with the NBA. If the Chinese ban the NBA, then the first casualty (besides the NBA) is their own company.
Re: NBA Events in China Disrupted over Hong Kong Tweet
#8Posted and talked about yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21194008 Don't know how people feel about these things being multi-posted, but I kind of like seeing a different thread where more people can comment considering top comments in a thread can be random, and also people's opinions can change as quickly as a day.
Eh, maybe I"m reading too much but having 4 or 5 articles on the front page be dedicated to China news is too much for me.
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Re: NBA Events in China Disrupted over Hong Kong Tweet
#10Posted and talked about yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21194008 Don't know how people feel about these things being multi-posted, but I kind of like seeing a different thread where more people can comment considering top comments in a thread can be random, and also people's opinions can change as quickly as a day.
Eh, maybe I"m reading too much but having 4 or 5 articles on the front page be dedicated to China news is too much for me.
It's clearly a major topic of conversation and discussion, though.