(10-07-2019, 05:35 PM)Hypermav Wrote:(10-07-2019, 02:02 PM)ThunderMav Wrote: This is what Morey and others think of in what HK is fighting for. If they lose then this will happen to many of them in HK once the Chinese stop info from leaking out. We are not there yet but it will come if left unchecked. HK is fighting for its future life.
https://twitter.com/s_mmmdv/status/1175956260488962051
Wow, just wow. Makes me sick what NBA did here
https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/11...1322361856
Chinese fans were offended? Who would actually be able to confirm that? Clearly the communist party was offended. I thought the people of Hong Kong were also "Chinese" and they were not offended.
So, if you still like the Houston Rockets now, your PLA social credit score has been reduced... no soup for you.
Next up, an approved list of PLA/NBA teams that a good communist can root for.
I bet 1 billion+ Chinese don't even know or care.
and you would be totally wrong. You would be surprised at how nationalistic the younger generation of Chinese people can get. I'm an ethnic chinese in Asia (never lived in china at any point though), and the type of stuff that i come by from Chinese social media makes me kinda cringe in terms of how anti-western some posts or even things like web novels can get. It's not some official supported stuff.
In any case, even if only 10-20% of the chinese fanbase feels strongly about it is enough to take a huge hit to the NBA business in china. Which kinda suck. My personal view is that Morey screwed up, mainly because he didnt realize how much the backlash would be. In any case HK is a shitshow right now that isnt like how it's potrayed on western nor Chinese media, mainly because the type of stuff going on that isnt shown on either side is causing a lot of very very bias takes. And ultimately everyone in HK loses out.