NBA under fire for Hong Kong protest tweet

Published October 7, 2019 12:50pm ET



A tweet from Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey led Chinese businesses and the Chinese Basketball Association to cut ties with the NBA team.

On Friday, Morey tweeted an image that said “Fight for Freedom. Stand for Hong Kong,” in support of the pro-democracy protests amid increasing tensions between Hong Kong and Beijing, which controls the former British colony.

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