NATIONAL BASKETBALL Association players and the league’s commissioner, Adam Silver, have a well-earned reputation for candor about politics and social matters . Stand with Hong Kong.” Though Mr. Morey soon deleted it, the tweet quickly angered China’s Communist rulers. They have been struggling to squelch the Hong Kong protestors, who want China to honor its commitments for democracy and rule of law in that semi-autonomous territory. Tencent, the Chinese digital rights holder for NBA broadcasts, dropped the team from streaming. With all its financial muscle, its enormous popularity and its moral preening, if the NBA can cave so easily, who will resist the censorship of the Communist dictators?

Source: Washington Post October 07, 2019 22:05 UTC