As a basketball enthusiast with many years of age, the NBA is accompanied by my entire youth time. I sincerely hope that this is just a personal worry.This article only expresses personal concerns. I sincerely hope that Sino -US relations can reproduce the beauty and steady development of yesterday.
From the beginning of 1971 ping -pong diplomacy, the exchanges between China and the United States began. After 2002, Yao Ming, who was given the title of the Great Wall of China, joined the Houston Rockets to play the NBA, the NBA and basketball sport began to accelerate into the Chinese market, and most of them got the majority of the majority.The love of young people and the elderly has witnessed the development of diplomatic relations between the two countries.Because of Yao Ming, the Houston Rockets gradually entered the sight of many Chinese people.
According to the income released by Forbes, 75%of the sponsorship income from the operating income of the Houston Rockets in 2018 comes from the Chinese brand, and the Chinese rocket fans are about 50 million.The huge market and fans found that the Rockets have made a lot of money in the Chinese market in the past time.However, recently, the general manager of the Rockets Mo Lei's support of Hong Kong's behavior, whether intentional or unintentionally, is hazy for the Rockets's prospects in China.
To make matters worse, Mo Le's indirect response to his remarks, as well as the rocket owner, and even the official NBA response, will make the NBA's future development in China.And this phenomenon is likely to be just a microcosm of the start of the comprehensive competition between China and the United States.Why is the NBA indifferent to such remarks?Why is the United States' response that is so one -sided, forced, and even in the form of a strong dissatisfaction compared to domestic media and other sectors?Personally, the answers to these questions are also applicable to answers to other aspects of Sino -US friction in some ways.
Reason one: The use of freedom of speech.The Chinese are far -reaching by Confucianism, and how China is a state of etiquette, it is very important to speak.As the so -called calamity comes from the mouth and be cautious.The Chinese believe that language is an important manifestation of a person's basic quality. The Chinese will also combine words and deeds to make a basic evaluation of a person through observation and judgment of a person's words and deeds.
Therefore, from small to large, Chinese parents, teachers, and elders will invariably regulate their children and standardize students' words and deeds.Coupled with long -term patriotic education, the Chinese will see their country very important in the subconscious. In some levels, individuals and countries have been integrated into one.Any disrespect to the country, whether it is words or behavior, will feel disrespectful to ourselves, which will naturally cause strong opposition from the Chinese.
On the other hand, the freedom and democracy advocated by Americans can be said to be absolutely free from some levels (except for excessive or endangered the safety of others).Former US President Roosevelt once mentioned in his speech that the four basic freedoms of human beings are the freedom of speech.This is the most proud of Americans and the least restrictions.The freedom of American remarks can be reflected in major mainstream media in the United States. On social networks, it can be reflected in the daily life of the United States.Compared to China ’s specifications for remarks, the freedom of speech in the United States allows the public to be unobstructed, and the mouth is wrong.
Because of this, we saw the bottom line of major media to leaders, and seeing the dissatisfaction and indignation of the American people on the Internet on the Internet, we also saw the current American leader Trump.The sarcasm and abuse of political opponents such as Hillary, Pelosi, Romney, Corusz, and the phenomenon of whimsical on Twitter, putting their words, and publicizing the noise with major media.
From the perspective of Americans, the freedom of speech will not set the lower limit many times; even many times, Americans will not pay too much attention to what they have said, let alone upgrade to the perspective of responsibility.This may be Mo Lei's thoughts. He will not pay too much attention to what he has said, how much will it affect others.
On the contrary, from his personal perspective, he may feel that the Chinese are a fuss, which is an excessive reaction.Therefore, he didn't care too much about the consequences of this thing that could trigger, thinking that he had nothing wrong.To him, instead of apologizing, it is better to explain the misunderstanding that he may have when sending a message by sound.From the culture he accepted, aside from politics, he didn't think he had any mistakes.
Reason two: American superiority and governance.After the Mori incident, the Rockets were officially silent. The official statement of the NBA was better than Mo Lei's own statement, but it did not mention the words of apology or deep apology.Although Mo Lei has said that speech has nothing to do with the official, as the NBA, associate the consequences that may happen later, the NBA should make official apology for Mo Lei like the previous CK, Kochi, Givenchy, etc.Essence
But the NBA did not do so, there may be several reasons later.First, as explained before, the United States did not realize the severity of the incident from Mo Lei to the entire NBA.Second, the negligence of the NBA public relations.Third, the pressure behind the American people.The first two points are better to understand, and the third point is focused here.
According to media reports, the reason why the NBA did not make formal apology was largely pressured by the American people.Although the NBA said that there is a huge group of fans in China, in the final analysis, the birthplace of the NBA is in the United States. This attribution allows the NBA to take into account the feelings of their own people when acting.
Recent news shows that the Rocket star Harden has publicly apologized at a press conference in Tokyo. His operation was also accused by the American people on social media Twitter.If the NBA is officially apologized, it may be more and more accused by the American people.
The reason why the American people blame for the reason for the maintenance of the freedom of speech they support, and the greater reason may be the sense of superiority of the people and some Chinese emotions.And this, thank President Trump.In 2016, the domestic economic development was slow, the infrastructure was backward, the company's loss was severe, the competitiveness of foreign trade declined, and the terrorists were disturbed from time to time, and various problems caught the American people into confusion.
Terland's arrogance, especially his policies and publicity, awakened the American nation's pride and self -confidence to a certain extent.Trump emphasized that the United States preferred the decisive and special decisions of the decisive and dealing with the international problems in the international organization, so that some Americans saw the style of saying the same style as the boss of the world before, which aroused the superiority of the entire nation in the United StatesEssence
More importantly, Trump's popularization of his team on different occasions is difficult to degrade China. The reasons for the backwardness of the United States to the bottom of the United States are regarded as the biggest competitors or even future enemies.These measures, coupled with the promotion of domestic nationalism and eagles, have successfully formally form a rush of gaze in the United States politics and other fields.From this perspective, the proud American people to the Chinese competitors have led to a public apology from the culprits behind the beauty, and it is even more difficult to admit that they may not agree with mistakes.
In summary, from the above two reasons, the More incident NBA official and their indifference of their attitudes explained their own logic from the perspective of the United States.But this attitude is unacceptable by Chinese fans and even Chinese media and the government.From the perspective of China, the country's unity and national interests are higher than all. Any anti -division remarks should be valued and dealt with seriously by relevant parties or objectives.In the final analysis, the core contradiction point of this problem is that due to the education they have suffered and the culture they have contacted, China and the United States cannot find the balance point of both parties like this incident.Consistent.
In other words, the understanding of the bottom line or the red line is involved in many things.And this misunderstanding, such differences, require both China and the United States to strengthen communication at all levels, and maintain long -term effective communication and communication models to gradually eliminate misunderstandings.However, from the perspective of the situation in today's China and the United States, it is not ruled out that this preconceived thinking and way of doing things will continue to appear.It needs more attentionYes, with the continuous fermentation of this incident, the More incident may have begun to rise to a new height.
The official statement of the NBA and Xiao Hua's recent remarks of the president of NBA all showed a Trump -style style.This style is characterized by the loss of losses in the United States' own national interests, and even sacrificed or even abandon the reputation and market of the United States overseas.From the remarks of the president of NBA, it can be seen that in order to support freedom of speech and not to damage the relationship with the American people, Xiao Hua has repeatedly confronted the Chinese fans and even the Chinese government.China tears his face.
Although the consequences of doing this are likely to be lost in the Chinese market. The Chinese market that has been working hard for decades of NBA is also likely to make the previous efforts to be put into the east.It may cause a stir, and the NBA may be more serious than abandoning the Chinese market.
The Mori incident will continue, but behind this incident reflects various problems existing between China and the United States.If the competition and conflict between China and the United States continue to increase, it will not be ruled out that such incidents will continue.The Mori incident may be just a precursor to the contradiction between China and the United States.
The author is an assistant researcher at the South China Sea Research Institute
