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- Searches for \u201cHouston Rockets\u201d and \u201cRockets\u201d in Chinese on Alibaba-owned Taobao and Tmall and another site JD.com, yielded no results.<\/strong><\/li>\n
- It comes after Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted support for the anti-government protestors in Hong Kong. The tweet was quickly deleted.<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Chinese broadcast partners Tencent and state-owned CCTV said they would no longer show Rockets games.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
We need to remember that China is NOT a free country.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, enter Trey Parker and Matt Stone of “South Park” fame.<\/p>\n
Scott Johnson at Power Line Blog<\/a> posted an article today about their response to the dust up.<\/p>\n
The article quotes an article in The Guardian:<\/p>\n
South Park\u2019s creators have responded with a mock apology to reports that China has censored the programme, ridiculing the country and comparing President Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh.<\/strong><\/p>\n
The \u201capology\u201d from Trey Parker and Matt Stone comes after reports on Monday that China had scrubbed all episodes, clips and content related to the long-running comedy cartoon from Chinese streaming and social media platforms in response to a recent episode that was critical of the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n
The episode, called Band in China, took aim at what it portrayed as a tendency in US culture to adjust content to accommodate Chinese censorship laws. \u201cIt\u2019s not worth living in a world where China controls my country\u2019s art,\u201d says one character in the episode.<\/strong><\/p>\n
The episode also includes a plot line in which a character is caught selling drugs in China and as punishment is sent to a work camp, similar to the mass internment camps in Xinjiang where an estimated one million people, including Uighurs and other Muslim minorities are detained.<\/strong><\/p>\n
The article also includes the non-apology apology from Trey Parker and Matt Stone:<\/p>\n
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<\/a>I think that is called ‘speaking truth to power.’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is a bit of a dust up going on right now between China and the National Basketball Association. It seems that Daryl Morey, general manager of the Houston Rockets, posted a tweet showing support for Hong King’s freedom movement. … Continue reading
- It comes after Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted support for the anti-government protestors in Hong Kong. The tweet was quickly deleted.<\/strong><\/li>\n