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China suspends support for the Houston Rockets for a tweet

2019-10-08T14:56:19.962Z


The Houston Rockets lost support from China following a tweet posted by Daryl Morey, general manager of that team, in which he shows his support for protests in Hong Kong. Thus, the Government ...


The Houston Rockets lost support from China following a tweet posted by Daryl Morey, general manager of that team, in which he shows his support for protests in Hong Kong. Thus, the Chinese Government did not hesitate to cut ties with the group. From now on, Chinese state television will not broadcast the next matches, along with the tech giant Tencent, who also suspended an agreement to make live broadcasts effective. The Houston Rockets are one of the NBA teams with the most supporters in China, as Yao Ming was part of the squad between 2002 and 2011. CNN tells you what the NBA response was to the decision of the Asian country.

Source: cnnespanol

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