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Two and a half years after buying the Nets, the billionaire personifies the compromises embedded in the NBA-China relationship, which requires the league to do business with an authoritarian government -- and play by its rules.
Two and a half years after buying the Nets, the billionaire personifies the compromises embedded in the NBA-China relationship, which requires the league to do business with an authoritarian government -- and play by its rules.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) is questioning the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) reported new deal with Chinese state television, the latest official to raise concerns over the league’s relationship with the Chinese regime. The NBA famously drew the wrath of the Chinese communist regime in late 2019 after then-Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey tweeted in support of the pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. Chinese businesses cut ties with the league, and state broadcaster CCTV stopped airing games. But Chinese media recently reported that CCTV will resume regular broa...
Chinese Internet giant Tencent teamed up with international NGO The Nature Conservancy to launch a campaign to promote December 2015 as Elephant Loving Month in China. The following animated short illustrates the toll human greed for ivory takes on... The venture, which was initially expected to launch this year, would take over all business, development, game, and marketing operations now handled by the CBA’s government-run Market Development Center. Its main goal would be to boost the CBA’s commercial value. Unfortunately for Yao, though, the decision to form the joint venture m...