Few people would have ever known or cared what the Houston Rockets' GM had to say about #HongKong had the Chinese gov not made a big deal about it. So now everyone knows, and it is backfiring on Beijing, right? Actually, I'm skeptical of that argument:https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49956385 …
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Over time, this means that there are fewer & fewer criticisms about Chinese government policies on the international radar. Eventually this could change how casual observers think about those policies. It's a strategy aimed at global preference falsification (cite:
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We pay attention to the Rockets episode now, but let's see how many people remember it a year from now or 5 years from now. The long-term result of more institutions staying silent may be worth the short-term & minor cost for the gov of everyone knowing about the GM's tweet.
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Of course, time will tell how effective the strategy is, but it seems to me that's why the CCP wants to pick these fights that seemingly inadvertently publicize criticisms of its policies.
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