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"Houston Rockets fan arrested in China after threatening to burn national flag"

Posted by David (aka David) Oct 8 '19, 22:03

"A 25-year-old Houston Rockets fan in China threatened to burn the Chinese flag in protest of the ongoing dispute between Beijing and the NBA team, and told police to "come and arrest him."
He was behind bars hours later."

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So that's what brings down the Chinese Communist Party? The NBA? -- nm - Mop Oct 8, 22:34 1
- It has certainly caused some stuff to bubble to the surface that they'd like to keep out of the public eye. -- nm - David Oct 8, 22:44
... that's a really stupid thing to do in China, with the US government being the way it is right now. No one's gonna go to bat for you, son. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 22:30 4
- (In hindsight, I took "Houston rockets fan" to mean "American citizen and Houston rockets fan", just in case that needed clarifying) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 22:32 3
  - (Because who else would be a rockets fan) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 22:32 2
    - That's the rub in all of this. Because of Yao Ming, the Houston Rockets are China's favorite non-Chinese sports team. - David Oct 8, 22:43 1
      - Oh, darnit. I thought I could throw out meaningless sports snark for fun, and it turns out I can't. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 23:25

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