NBA's deference to China in the wake of controversy shows how money trumps freedom of speech
China's clash with the National Basketball Association over a short tweet reveals an unfortunate truth. Contrary to our best American hopes that China's success with market capitalism would weaken that government's chokehold on free speech, it appears to have done more to seduce us.
That's because lots of money hangs in the balance and, as much as the NBA may be the most prominent American business being targeted by Chinese authorities, it is hardly alone.
Apple, for example, late Wednesday
