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A comment on NBA's China dilemma: $4B at risk as Chinese TV cancels game broadcasts. Parent comment
fascist != authoritarian, it also about long term business opportunities. Selling NBA product for decades to come is hardly quick buck.
You are mostly right on the rest though - for the spherical cow in vacuum type of corporation that can ignore 1/6 of the world's population.
China is big player. Ascending superpowers tend to like flexing muscles and rocking the boat.
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fascist != authoritarian, it also about long term business opportunities. Selling NBA product for decades to come is hardly quick buck.
You are mostly right on the rest though - for the spherical cow in vacuum type of corporation that can ignore 1/6 of the world's population.
China is big player. Ascending superpowers tend to like flexing muscles and rocking the boat.