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✍ Vice President Mike Pence accused the NBA on Thursday of “acting like a wholly owned subsidiary” of Beijing, slammed Nike for removing Houston Rockets merchandise from stores in China and vowed support for the pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. “Some of the NBA’s biggest players and owners, who routinely exercise their freedom to criticize this country, lose their voices when it comes to the freedom and rights of other peoples,” Pence said in a speech in Washington on the US-China relationship, according to The Hill. “In siding with the Chinese Communist Party and silencing free speech, the NBA is acting like a wholly owned subsidiary of the authoritarian regime” for failing to stand up to the government’s criticism of Rockets general manager Daryl Morey. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said last week that the league had suffered “substantial” losses in China over Morey’s since-deleted Oct. 4 tweet that read: “Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.” The NBA is standing by More ...
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