China calls off an NBA fan night on the eve of a preseason game pitting the Los Angeles Lakers and the Brooklyn Nets
The fallout deepened as a"fan night" due to take place in Shanghai was canceled and speculation has grown in the US that the games themselves – another is to be held in the southern city of Shenzhen on Saturday – could be canceled.
A group of young men playing a pick-up game in Beijing on Wednesday said they were disappointed by Morey's tweet and the NBA's response. They snowballed into a movement calling for more democratic freedoms and police accountability, in the biggest challenge to China's rule of Hong Kong since its handover from the British in 1997.
The article then cautioned that:"The map app is just the tip of the iceberg," alleging a song supporting Hong Kong independence had also appeared on its music store..
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