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Two funny things about this: 1. Both Americans and China are furious at the NBA, both are threatening to boycott it. 2. Tencent just signed a $1.5 Billion str
by bigpumpkin 7y ago
Two funny things about this:
1. Both Americans and China are furious at the NBA, both are threatening to boycott it.
2. Tencent just signed a $1.5 Billion streaming deal with the NBA. If the Chinese ban the NBA, then the first casualty (besides the NBA) is their own company.
- dirtyid 7y agoOn 2, banning US media/sports which Chinese can stream for free might just be contextualized further trade retaliation. Though I think banning the NBA has actual potential for domestic backlash compared to HK.
- ThinkBackTo 7y agoYou underestimate how brainwashed Chinese people are