Tag: Hong Kong

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr gestures while speaking during a media conference prior to an NBA basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, in San Francisco.

NBA coach Steve Kerr compares gun violence in US to human rights abuses in China

Zach Halaschak · October 11, 2019 6:20 pm

Apple CEO Tim Cook walks in the display room at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., Monday, June 3, 2019.

Apple chief defends decision to pull Hong Kong police-tracking app

Melissa Quinn · October 11, 2019 4:31 pm

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, before boarding Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Minneapolis, for a campaign rally. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Beltway Confidential

Trump has little room to criticize the NBA for China panders

Becket Adams · October 11, 2019 2:42 am

A man walks past statues of NBA players Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, left, and Lebron James of the Los Angeles Lakers holding Chinese flags in the entrance of an NBA merchandise store in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV announced Tuesday it will no longer air two NBA preseason games set to be played in the country.

‘They really hurt the hearts of the Chinese people’: China’s basketball fans side with country over NBA

John Gage · October 10, 2019 11:10 pm

An official directs traffic near a Chinese flag and 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.

Nike told stores in China to pull Houston Rockets merchandise

John Gage · October 10, 2019 8:38 pm

A student pro-democracy activist holds up a placard at the protest site, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014 in Hong Kong. China warned of "chaos" and threw its weight behind Hong Kong's embattled leader Leung Chun-ying in his face-off with pro-democracy protesters who have threatened to occupy government offices unless he steps down by the end of Thursday. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Beltway Confidential

The Constitution is what keeps America from Hong Kong’s fate

Adam Brandon · October 10, 2019 7:14 pm

Houston Rockets' James Harden, left, and Russell Westbrook share a light moment during warmups for the team's NBA preseason basketball game against the Toronto Raptors Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, in Saitama, near Tokyo.

WATCH: NBA officials shut down journalist asking question about China

John Gage · October 10, 2019 5:41 pm

A person's phone shows HKmap.live apps as they join others at a rally to mark Taiwan's National Day, in the Tsim Sha Tsui district in Hong Kong, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. A Hong Kong government official said on Thursday that Apple was responsible for removing a smartphone application which allowed activists to report police movements.

Apple yanks app tracking police movement in Hong Kong

Melissa Quinn · October 10, 2019 4:02 pm

‘Like a little boy’: Trump mocks Steve Kerr for not criticizing China

John Gage · October 9, 2019 9:09 pm

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver pauses while speaking at a news conference before an NBA preseason basketball game between the Houston Rockets and the Toronto Raptors Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in Saitama, near Tokyo.

‘Little room for reconciliation’: Chinese state-run media slams NBA over support of free speech

John Gage · October 9, 2019 7:00 pm

Fans kicked out of 76ers game for ‘Free Hong Kong’ poster

John Gage · October 9, 2019 6:22 pm

A display of the app "HKmap.live" designed by an outside supplier and available on Apple Inc.'s online store is seen in Hong Kong Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. Apple became the latest company targeted for Chinese pressure over protests in Hong Kong when the ruling Communist Party's main newspaper criticized the tech giant Wednesday for a smartphone app that allows activists to report police movements. HKmap.live, designed by an outside supplier and available on Apple Inc.'s online store, "facilitates illegal behavior," People's Daily said in a commentary.

China takes aim at Apple over map app that helps Hong Kong protesters

Melissa Quinn · October 9, 2019 3:02 pm