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PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 9:38 am    Post subject:

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Yao might be the only guy left to save the relationship between the NBA and China.


Perhaps, but he may not have much control.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 9:58 am    Post subject:

Does this mean I have to burn my copies of Police Story and Police Story 2?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 10:21 am    Post subject:

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Does this mean I have to burn my copies of Police Story and Police Story 2?


That is nothing but a load of Hong Kong phooey. It means you should upload them to Youtube and share with your facebook friends.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 11:50 am    Post subject:

Baron Von Humongous wrote:
Does this mean I have to burn my copies of Police Story and Police Story 2?

Mr. Chan is apparently disliked in Hong Kong because they view him as a CCP puppet so you might be able to keep them around.
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Does this mean I have to burn my copies of Police Story and Police Story 2?


You can keep those....The Great Wall, now thats an atrocity that should never be seen again.
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Does this mean I have to burn my copies of Police Story and Police Story 2?


You can keep those....The Great Wall, now thats an atrocity that should never be seen again.

My man Zhang Yimou's still in filmmaker prison for not kowtowing the party line under Deng.
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Does this mean I have to burn my copies of Police Story and Police Story 2?

Mr. Chan is apparently disliked in Hong Kong because they view him as a CCP puppet so you might be able to keep them around.

The problem is I want to support the Hong Kong protests and Mr. Chan's wonderful filmography. Dilemmas...
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 12:56 pm    Post subject:

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This reminds me of a series of posts I made from the earliest days of lakersground.com. Back then many of my HK friends were happy at being part of the People's Republic of China, as they didn't want to be a UK colony. The latter was more than understandable; the former was just an idealistic craving. I spent time in both the PRC and HK, and as I told my HK friends, they had very little in common with the PRC, other than a degree of Han ethnicity. They had no idea how their lives would change, and more importantly, how the lives of their children would be vastly different.

Well that day is here. The older generation as a whole feels ambivalence towards Beijing, and simply wants commerce to continue uninterupted. The younger generation yearns for freedom from Beijing. It isn't just the heavy handed nature of Beijing, they've learned from "Big Green" tourists and their own visits to the mainland that they have precious little in common with them. They also know that their lives and prospects will be worse than their parent's generation, and that contributes to the frustration. In essence, they culturally identify with being Hong Kong, distinct and special in their own right, and want a voice in determining their own future, with their own government.


thanks for the insight. How much time have you spent there?



In HK, almost three decades off and on. Business in the PRC, maybe five plus years in Beijing and the hinterlands.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 3:24 pm    Post subject:

lakersken80 wrote:
Yao might be the only guy left to save the relationship between the NBA and China.


Word is that Yao was pissed at Morey
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 6:01 am    Post subject:

The question is what was Darryl Morey thinking? The guy is no moron, surely he has to know that this would anger an authoritarian state like China?

China generates $4 billion in revenue for the NBA. More people in China watched the NBA Finals than in the US. That definitely plays a significant part of NBA salaries rising. I guarantee the vast majority of NBA players do not want to give any of that back.

Almost everyone does business with countries like China, Israel, and Saudi Arabia, countries that aren't known to be bastions of human rights.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 7:51 am    Post subject:

https://twitter.com/gifdsports/status/1182290925109891073
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 7:55 am    Post subject:

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https://twitter.com/gifdsports/status/1182290925109891073


these kind of reporting is so biased. U.S. allies in middle east and India are doing far more dehumanizing things to their women, but yet, not a peep from our media. chinese ain't stupid, if you adopt double standards against them, they will unite and be even more defiant against the U.S.
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https://twitter.com/gifdsports/status/1182290925109891073


these kind of reporting is so biased. U.S. allies in middle east and India are doing far more dehumanizing things to their women, but yet, not a peep from our media. chinese ain't stupid, if you adopt double standards against them, they will unite and be even more defiant against the U.S.


True, but the NBA isn't heavily invested in those countries. Wonder how long they'll be censoring questions related to China. Tough spot for the players to be in.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 10:23 am    Post subject:

angrypuppy wrote:
Huey Lewis & The News wrote:
angrypuppy wrote:
This reminds me of a series of posts I made from the earliest days of lakersground.com. Back then many of my HK friends were happy at being part of the People's Republic of China, as they didn't want to be a UK colony. The latter was more than understandable; the former was just an idealistic craving. I spent time in both the PRC and HK, and as I told my HK friends, they had very little in common with the PRC, other than a degree of Han ethnicity. They had no idea how their lives would change, and more importantly, how the lives of their children would be vastly different.

Well that day is here. The older generation as a whole feels ambivalence towards Beijing, and simply wants commerce to continue uninterupted. The younger generation yearns for freedom from Beijing. It isn't just the heavy handed nature of Beijing, they've learned from "Big Green" tourists and their own visits to the mainland that they have precious little in common with them. They also know that their lives and prospects will be worse than their parent's generation, and that contributes to the frustration. In essence, they culturally identify with being Hong Kong, distinct and special in their own right, and want a voice in determining their own future, with their own government.


thanks for the insight. How much time have you spent there?



In HK, almost three decades off and on. Business in the PRC, maybe five plus years in Beijing and the hinterlands.


Been in both sides, once, on a tourist trip.
People's faces may look similar to the western eye, but everything else is a world apart.
Same goes for Macau.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 10:45 am    Post subject:

carlosLisboa wrote:
angrypuppy wrote:
Huey Lewis & The News wrote:
angrypuppy wrote:
This reminds me of a series of posts I made from the earliest days of lakersground.com. Back then many of my HK friends were happy at being part of the People's Republic of China, as they didn't want to be a UK colony. The latter was more than understandable; the former was just an idealistic craving. I spent time in both the PRC and HK, and as I told my HK friends, they had very little in common with the PRC, other than a degree of Han ethnicity. They had no idea how their lives would change, and more importantly, how the lives of their children would be vastly different.

Well that day is here. The older generation as a whole feels ambivalence towards Beijing, and simply wants commerce to continue uninterupted. The younger generation yearns for freedom from Beijing. It isn't just the heavy handed nature of Beijing, they've learned from "Big Green" tourists and their own visits to the mainland that they have precious little in common with them. They also know that their lives and prospects will be worse than their parent's generation, and that contributes to the frustration. In essence, they culturally identify with being Hong Kong, distinct and special in their own right, and want a voice in determining their own future, with their own government.


thanks for the insight. How much time have you spent there?



In HK, almost three decades off and on. Business in the PRC, maybe five plus years in Beijing and the hinterlands.


Been in both sides, once, on a tourist trip.
People's faces may look similar to the western eye, but everything else is a world apart.
Same goes for Macau.


Yep, same people, polar opposites when it comes to thought processes.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:26 pm    Post subject:

https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/1182092911061688321
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 11:50 pm    Post subject:

SportsbyBrooks (alive?!) tweeted a Steve Kerr soundbite:
https://twitter.com/SportsbyBrooks/status/1182756945398124544

Steve Kerr 2019 wrote:
Reporter to Steve Kerr: "Do you believe Daryl Morey shouldn’t be fired over something like this?"

Kerr: "I’d hope you’d appreciate my right to not answer that question. Because all it does it create a headline and a soundbite. I choose not to be a soundbite tonight." h/t @KNBR



Flashback to 2017:
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"If you look at the history of the world, the biggest problems come when people don't speak."
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 6:00 am    Post subject:

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SportsbyBrooks (alive?!) tweeted a Steve Kerr soundbite:
https://twitter.com/SportsbyBrooks/status/1182756945398124544

Steve Kerr 2019 wrote:
Reporter to Steve Kerr: "Do you believe Daryl Morey shouldn’t be fired over something like this?"

Kerr: "I’d hope you’d appreciate my right to not answer that question. Because all it does it create a headline and a soundbite. I choose not to be a soundbite tonight." h/t @KNBR



Flashback to 2017:
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"If you look at the history of the world, the biggest problems come when people don't speak."


Honestly, sounds like Kerr was told to say that by his higher up
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 4:52 pm    Post subject:

Ted Cruz in HK... what y’all think?
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 9:18 am    Post subject:

The best comment that I found from the main form is the following (written by Huey Lewis):

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It's really not that complicated. If you're licking the CCP's boots, you want outsiders to perceive the issue as a complicated one so as to discourage them from arriving from the most apparent conclusions too quickly.


It is too bad that LG don't have a upvote and downvote. The discussion in the main forum is completed hijacked by the 50 cents Army.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 11:50 am    Post subject:

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K2 wrote:
SportsbyBrooks (alive?!) tweeted a Steve Kerr soundbite:
https://twitter.com/SportsbyBrooks/status/1182756945398124544

Steve Kerr 2019 wrote:
Reporter to Steve Kerr: "Do you believe Daryl Morey shouldn’t be fired over something like this?"

Kerr: "I’d hope you’d appreciate my right to not answer that question. Because all it does it create a headline and a soundbite. I choose not to be a soundbite tonight." h/t @KNBR



Flashback to 2017:
Steve Kerr 2017 wrote:
"If you look at the history of the world, the biggest problems come when people don't speak."


Honestly, sounds like Kerr was told to say that by his higher up


He doesn't need to be told. It's obvious and he probably didn't want to bring a bunch of unnecessary attention upon the Warriors.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 2:05 pm    Post subject:

1. Speech in US against US issue, no political prosecution, some financial consequence in some situation. (Kerr against Trump)

2. Speech in US against CCP issue, no US political prosecution, minor financial consequence if the speaker has no financial tie to PRC. (South Park)

3. Speech in US against CCP issue, no US political prosecution, major financial consequence if the speaker has financial tie to PRC. (NBA)

4. Suppress free speech in US against CCP issue, no CCP and US political prosecution, some financial consequence if the speaker has financial tie to US. (Kerr not speak up against CCP)

5. Speech in PRC against CCP issue, imprisonment or death.

Too bad, so many people in the NBA choose #4.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:37 pm    Post subject:

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LeBron James said "only time will tell" what the ramifications and fallout will be over the situation between China and the NBA. James also said that any concerns the players had over Daryl Morey's tweet should stay behind closed doors. James did say that he didn't think Morey was educated on the situation before tweeting and that everyone should be careful before speaking and tweeting. He says that he believes Morey was misinformed or not educated before he tweeted.


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PostPosted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 7:02 pm    Post subject:

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LeBron James said "only time will tell" what the ramifications and fallout will be over the situation between China and the NBA. James also said that any concerns the players had over Daryl Morey's tweet should stay behind closed doors. James did say that he didn't think Morey was educated on the situation before tweeting and that everyone should be careful before speaking and tweeting. He says that he believes Morey was misinformed or not educated before he tweeted.




Yeah, I'm done with the Lakers until Bron is gone. Haven't watched any pre season games until tonight and then I read this article and decided to change channels.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 7:07 pm    Post subject:

Well, I was wondering what he was gonna say. Honestly didn't expect him to be so one-sided and that side being pro-censorship.
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