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The NBA Feels a Backlash in China After a Tweet Supporting Hong Kong

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Re: The NBA Feels a Backlash in China After a Tweet Supporting Hong Kong

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China is offended by him offering an opinion on something. So, that makes them right? I'm offended by his backpedaling. That makes me right, right? China really needs to get a grip and understand that with seven billion people in the world, not everyone is going to agree with everything it wants.

You're not a global power.

Re: The NBA Feels a Backlash in China After a Tweet Supporting Hong Kong

#12
US companies are increasingly "owned" by the Chinese government through Chinese investment. None of them are willing to risk the financial backlash that would occur if they spoke out against the Chinese government - so they are willing to censor their own platforms and sacrifice their own stakeholders and users to please them.

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Are we all going to become chickenshits to earn Chinese money?

The companies and people of the Western world need to stand up to authoritarian China ... or else, in 25 years our kids are all going to be tasting the boot heel of whatever god emperor China has on its throne at that time (probably still Xi).

We are all underestimating how authoritarian China is and how much crime the Politburo members get away with.

Re: The NBA Feels a Backlash in China After a Tweet Supporting Hong Kong

#14

China is offended by him offering an opinion on something. So, that makes them right? I'm offended by his backpedaling. That makes me right, right? China really needs to get a grip and understand that with seven billion people in the world, not everyone is going to agree with everything it wants.

>China really needs to get a grip and understand that with seven billion people in the world, not everyone is going to agree with everything it wants

1.4 billion of those people are Chinese, and they can get outaged over whatever ridiculous shit they want.

Re: The NBA Feels a Backlash in China After a Tweet Supporting Hong Kong

#15
A bit interesting to contrast this to the NFL anthem protests. In both cases, there's been a lot of political pressure and some social media backlash. However in the US, to the best of my knowledge, sponsors have stuck on the "right" side and, according to wiki, have been rewarded for it.

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Why can't Hong Kong just vote then we can end these protests? The people could vote for a leader who wants closer ties and one who wants more autonomy but let them vote and have a say in the matter. I do not think voting will lead to secession but maybe to a sense of freedom and the ability to influence direction of country.

Re: The NBA Feels a Backlash in China After a Tweet Supporting Hong Kong

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post #9

So many misunderstandings around this. For one, in the US we have free speech. That means that you can say anything you want, but you have to accept that you may lose customers for saying it. It doesn't matter if you believe that your customers shouldn't be pissed off. It's the Chinese in this case, but it could be any other relevant group. Second, perhaps because most Americans haven't been to China and cannot read…

> They could have tried to stay under British rule, but they gambled on the fact that they expected a very different future for China. The gamble did not pay off,

As if this was a choice for people from Hong Kong

Re: The NBA Feels a Backlash in China After a Tweet Supporting Hong Kong

#19
What does fighting for freedom and standing with Hong Kong have to do with promoting sport?

Why not just shut the fuck to and promote sport?

This is how we know some (many?) successful people just got lucky with the birth lottery and generally being in the right places and knowing the right people.

Re: The NBA Feels a Backlash in China After a Tweet Supporting Hong Kong

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post #9

So many misunderstandings around this. For one, in the US we have free speech. That means that you can say anything you want, but you have to accept that you may lose customers for saying it. It doesn't matter if you believe that your customers shouldn't be pissed off. It's the Chinese in this case, but it could be any other relevant group. Second, perhaps because most Americans haven't been to China and cannot read…

> they gambled on the fact that they expected a very different future for China.

Hong Kong was always going to return to China in 1997 due to a British-China deal. There's no way for HK to NOT return to China.

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