NBA Continues to Defend Relationship with Communist China


From the story: “It’s hard to divorce what’s happening with the NBA from larger geopolitical issues between the U.S. and China,” Silver said according to NBA.com. “I do think it remains important, that particularly when tensions are high between governments, that we foster these sports, educational, cultural relationships.” While the NBA has been outspoken in demanding social equality in the United States, the league profits off its relationship with China, a country with deplorable human rights issues.

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