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by jean- 2185 days ago
For those who are wondering what the parent is referring to: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitzchung_controversy They banned a player who voiced support for the Hong Kong protests.
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This is serious concern for me regarding the rise of China. Access to their market is already so valuable that they are able to impose their censorship program internationally via implicit threat against corporate proxies abroad. See the similar NBA Hong Kong controversy[0] and the YouTube 'communist bandit' ordeal[1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Associatio... [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/27/youtube-china-communisty-par...