After the general manager of the Houston Rockets drew a backlash in China with a tweet in support of anti-government demonstrations in Hong Kong, the NBA swung into damage-control mode.
The remarks of Daryl Morey had “deeply offended” fans, the league said in a statement on Monday morning, “which is regrettable.”
But in an illustration of the political tightrope that foreign companies are forced to walk to secure access to the world’s second-biggest economy, the NBA’s statement in Chinese went farther than its English statement in condemning Morey.
In a Chinese statement posted on the Weibo social media site, the NBA said it was “utterly disappointed with the inappropriate views expressed” b
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Oct 07, 2019