OPINION
Why the NBA’s defense of China is nothing new for American institutions
By Steven W. Mosher
October 19, 2019 | 1:18pm
Photo: LeBron James' kowtowing to China, likely in large part to sell merchandise, is just the latest example of the sacrificing of morals for profits. REUTERS
LeBron James may lecture others on the need to be “educated on the situation” in China, but he’s the one who’s living in a bubble. Despite making almost two dozen trips to the Communist giant — trips that probably earned him tens of millions of dollars all told — he seems to have no idea just what kind of monster his paymaster is.
The people of Hong Kong — whose struggle for freedom LeBron prefers to ignore — know better. They understand that what the Communist Party of China runs across the border is not just a police state but the world’s first hi-tech virtual prison whose goal is literally to monitor all of China’s 1.3 billion people all the time.
They know that the party runs the world’s largest network of concentration camps, whose millions of political prisoners and ethnic minorities are forced to produce cheap goods for export.
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They know that the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, has warned them that any attempt to divide the country will end in “bodies smashed and bones ground to powder.” Finally, they know that any sign of American indifference to their plight makes Xi even more likely to act on his vicious threat.
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The bully of Asia’s default behavior — when it sees something it doesn’t like — is to issue threats.
Fortunately, we now have a president who is not accustomed to taking a knee. With the help of trade adviser Peter Navarro and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, the Trump White House is calling for an end to appeasement, urging both lawmakers and corporate boards to stand up to China — and to stand for the quintessential American values of liberty and freedom of expression.
And if you don’t believe that is a very good thing, just ask the protesters in Hong Kong.
Protesters demonstrating in Hong Kong.
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Steven W. Mosher is the president of the Population Research Institute and the author of “Bully of Asia: Why China’s ‘Dream’ is the New Threat to World Order.”
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