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China is winning the battle for corporate America’s soul

By Gary Bauer
Published October 9, 2019 5:33pm ET
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China is winning the battle for corporate America’s soul
A worker takes down a billboard advertising an NBA preseason basketball game on Thursday between the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. The NBA has postponed Wednesday's scheduled media sessions in Shanghai for the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers, and it remains unclear if the teams will play in China this week as scheduled. | (AP)

It turns out Twitter may be good for something after all.

On Friday, Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted his support for the pro-Democracy protesters in Hong Kong, who have been demonstrating against their communist overlords for months. “Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong,” the image he posted read.

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