SHANGHAI/BEIJING — Hundreds of Chinese basketball fans waved national flags in a Shanghai arena on Thursday ahead of an NBA game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Brooklyn Nets amid a huge backlash against a tweet backing anti-China protests in Hong Kong. Some people protested outside the stadium against Morey and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, who has spoken out in support of Morey. We are all Chinese basketball fans,” the protester said. Chinese state and party-backed media continued to publish items critical of the NBA. The official English China Daily published an editorial cartoon on Thursday playing on the NBA’s official logo of an athlete dribbling a basketball.

Source: National Post October 10, 2019 11:03 UTC