Corporations kneel to genocide, communist China – Orange County Register

The companies told us they supported justice.

“Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything,” former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick said in a Nike ad.

The NBA said: “Speak to those who may not be heard.

Columnist Melissa Chen says in my new article: “Hogwash PR Company”. videotapes.

“Hogwash,” she said, because the NBA clearly doesn’t want its employees to criticize injustice — if that injustice is in China.

Daryl Morey, general manager of the Houston Rockets, tweeted, “Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong.”

Good for him. China strangles freedom in Hong Kong.

But China doesn’t like to hear an NBA executive say that. Chinese TV stopped broadcasting the Rockets game. The NBA then apparently asked the players and their offices to shut up. Morey deleted his tweet and instead tweeted that he “didn’t intend to cause any offense.”

The NBA itself also apologized to China, saying it was “disappointed” by Morey’s “inappropriate” tweet. Lebron James called Morey “disinformation”. James Harden said, “We love China.”

Chen lamented: “China can strongly support these companies… really adopt their ideology.

That ideology is often odd. The United States and other countries accuse China of committing genocide against a predominantly Muslim minority group of Uighurs.

China puts them in “re-education camps”. Leaked satellite footage shows blindfolded men, with their hands tied behind their backs, in a concentration camp.

“They were forced into slavery,” said Chen.

Some Uyghurs who escaped say they were tortured.

But even though the NBA runs ads that say “Speak to those who may not hear,” it clearly doesn’t want its players, coaches or executives to say anything about genocide. Uyghur race.

Chamath Palihapitiya, an owner of the Golden State Warriors, was unusually honest when he said: “Nobody cares what is happening to the Uyghurs. … We are responsible for taking care of our own backyard first. ”

I gave his comment to Chen.

“Companies like Apple, Nike and Coca-Cola have parts of their supply chains that are sourced from this region,” she replied. “In these areas, the Uyghurs were forced to engage in slave labor.”

Hollywood doesn’t care either. The movie “Mulan” was filmed in the same area where Uyghurs were tortured. In the credits, Disney “sends a special thank you” to government agencies in Xinjiang, where the abuse occurred.

“Fast and Furious 9” actor John Cena, who is promoting his film to people in Taiwan, said, “Taiwan is the first country where F9 can be watched.”

What happened to that?

“He has the audacity to imply that Taiwan is a country, not a territory owned by China,” Chen said.

I don’t know what China said to Cena or Universal Pictures, but soon Cena went on Chinese social media, asking about China, saying “sorry” over and over again. “I made a mistake. … I really love and respect the Chinese people. … I made a mistake,” he pleaded.

Chen calls it pathetic. “I think the Chinese government is really happy to hear that they can really support individuals and companies that surrender according to their own political ideology.”

There’s only one NBA player disciplined enough to point out NBA hypocrisy: the Boston Celtic Enes Kanter Freedom. He criticized players who didn’t speak up because they were afraid of losing China’s business deals.

“Human rights and fundamental rights are more important than any agreement you can make,” he said. He loses lucrative shoe deals because he sometimes displays messages on his shoes, like “Free Tibet” and “Stand with Taiwan.” He denounced the oppression of the Uighurs in China.