SHANGHAI, China — China has gone from basketball-mad to mad over basketball.
But is all this anger coming from the common man or the communist government?
It’s complicated.
“It’s a crazy time,” one 30-something told the Post. “It’s so complicated. Very, very complicated.”
With undertones that are both social and political, Hong Kong’s relationship with mainland China was complex even before the protests started, and long before Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey started an international incident with his tweet backing the pro-democracy protesters.
The tweet left many in China vexed, but NBA commissioner Adam Silver’s support of Morey’s right to free speech — if not the message — left the communist government downright irate.