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Film producer Andrew Duncan became another plot point in the NBA’s drama with China by staging a pro-Hong Kong protest during the Nets‘ preseason game against the Raptors. 1. Producer and activist Andrew Duncan bought 300 tickets to tonight’s Nets vs Raptors game and is hosting hundreds of Chinese pro-Democracy activists to protest the NBA. They’re all wearing “Stand […]
Rolling Loud Hong Kong, which was scheduled to go down October 19-20, has been canceled due to security concerns, Pollstar reports. “After consulting with security experts, it has been determined that it is not possible to organize the upcoming Rolling Loud Hong Kong edition as we had hoped without endangering the safety and well-being of […]
LeBron James spoke to reporters about the fallout from Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey‘s tweet supporting the protests in Hong Kong. Lakers’ LeBron James on NBA’s China controversy: “I don’t want to get into a … feud with Daryl Morey but I believe he wasn’t educated on the situation at hand and he spoke.” pic.twitter.com/KKrMNU0dKR — Ben […]
Gregg Popovich is fed up with President Donald Trump. The San Antonio Spurs head coach did not mince words in his response to the president, who last week called out Popovich and Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr in wake of the NBA’s current controversy with China. “All I did was make a comparison between Adam […]
On Wednesday, Donald Trump held a deregulation event to discuss numerous current issues. Among the subjects broached were the impending Brexit, his decision to allow the Turkish invasion of Syria, and his apparent nemesis, Joe Biden. He also jumped at the chance to fire back at one of his most vocal critics, Golden State Warriors […]
Apple is under fire from the Chinese government for allowing HKmaps, an app that allows pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong to help track police activity, on the iPhone app store, The Guardian reports. State-run media publication China Daily has openly criticized the technology giant, highlighting how the app was previously not allowed before Apple walked back on […]
A professional Hearthstone player from Hong Kong has been suspended by Blizzard after streaming a message in support of those protesting against regional police and government forces. Chung “Blitzchung” Ng Wai has been determined to have broken competition rules by donning a mask and stating “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our age,” Kotaku reports. As the […]
The Houston Rockets have been a beloved basketball team in China for some time. According to NBC Sports, 2019’s “red card” report reveals that the Rockets were still the second-most popular team in China behind the Golden State Warriors. However, that’s all about to change following a now-deleted tweet by Rockets GM Daryl Morey, which showed […]
Three luxury fashion houses—Versace, Coach, and Givenchy—have issued apologies to Chinese consumers after t-shirts released by the respective brands allegedly undermined China’s territorial claims over Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau. Over the weekend, Versace apologized for a t-shirt that listed Hong Kong and Macau as independent countries rather than semi-autonomous, special administrative regions of China. Yang Mi, an […]
Hong Kong is still reeling from a horrific attack that apparently targeted pro-democracy demonstrators. On Sunday night, a group of men donning white T-shirts entered a city subway station and began beating people with wooden sticks and metal pipes. The attack, which occurred amid on-going protests against mainland China, were captured on video by a number of victims, […]
