The National Basketball Association (NBA) has produced famous superstars and iconic names such as Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Yao Ming, and Tim Duncan. These names are etched in history because of their contributions on-court and off-court. But who are the most likable NBA players of the current generation? And what makes them beloved among fans, ...
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) treatment of the ethnic Uyghur Muslim community and others, including Falun Dafa practitioners, has drawn sharp criticism from all quarters. Among those loudly opposing human rights abuses in China is the National Basketball Association (NBA) player Enes Kanter Freedom. Enes Kanter Freedom is a Swiss-born Turkish-American professional basketball player for ...
China has been accused of committing crimes against humanity and possibly genocide against the Uyghurs and other mostly-Muslim ethnic groups in the north-western region of Xinjiang. Human rights groups believe China has detained more than one million Uyghurs against their will over the past few years in a large network of what the state calls ...
U.S. companies are self-censoring, as well as censoring others, in a bid to gain access to the market in China. Although America is said to be the land of the free, such policies only end up making U.S. companies an instrument of Beijing’s communist propaganda. Censoring for China Bilahari Kausikan is a retired Singaporean diplomat ...
Fearful of losing its market in China, the NBA has adopted a policy not to officially say anything political that might be against Beijing’s interests. The organization is implementing these practices in the U.S., essentially censoring Americans on the issue of Hong Kong and other human rights violations of the Chinese government. Supporting Hong Kong ...
After the NBA decided to mute all mention of the Hong Kong protests to avoid angering the Chinese government, the fans seem to have decided to take matters into their own hands, as many of them have been sporting pro-Hong Kong shirts at games. An NBA team manager, Daryl Morey, had earlier tweeted in support ...
On October 10, the NBA preseason China Game in Shanghai Stadium was targeted for a “Boycott the NBA” campaign initiated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the mainland network. However, fans ignored the boycott to support NBA games in China. The end result was that the venue for the event, the Shanghai Mercedes-Benz Cultural ...
After the general manager of the Houston Rockets, Daryl Morey, tweeted in support of Hong Kong, there was a huge backlash against the NBA in China. Rather than stir things up further and risk damaging business prospects, the NBA decided to play it safe and is abstaining from directly criticizing the Chinese communist government. However, ...
A week back, the general manager of the NBA Houston Rockets team, Daryl Morey, posted a tweet in which he extended support for the protestors in Hong Kong. Shortly thereafter, he deleted the tweet and apologized for it as China took strict steps against the team. The NBA is running scared of losing revenue from ...
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