Nan explains that the NBA has been allowed to begin broadcasting again in China.

Amy Hao tells the story of “Little Black Dog”. She explains that in the US it is normal to have a pet. Under the CCP it was not normal. In Shanghai all dogs were banned. Then all cats were banned. Feeding a pet was thought to be wasting the states food. She remembers in her childhood, her brother would feed his pet rooster with a portion of his own food, until “the neighborhood committee” found out and the rooster was confiscated. Amy recalls her own pet duckling.

When she was sent to a re-education camp in 1969, she and her companions acquired a small black dog for protection from bandits at at market by trading some soap. Everyone loved the little dog “blackie”. Blackie had a habit of chasing off communist officers. So, the order came down to put Blackie to death. She and her group took the dog to a market about 15 miles away, but the next day he was back. When the authorities found out the dog was still there, they killed the dog.

Bill Graff mentions that the NBA is very closely tied to companies that do business in China. Nan mentions that the final game of the NBA season had around 5 million viewers, the lowest viewership in modern history in the US. While the NBA opening game had over 25 million viewers in China. Nan explains that the NBA sent one million dollars to the CCP to help with their COVID-19 response, while several NBA notables have made comments condemning Daryl Morey’s pro-Hong Kong democracy Twitter post.

It was Yao Ming, exposed Daryl Morey’s tweet, which was deleted after 15min. The NBA was quickly punished, losing about 400 million dollars in revenue due to the loss of CCTV broadcasts, advertising and sponsorships.

Nan says, “If you think China is a capitalist market, it is not.” Nan asks if the NBA will move to China. Bill Graff points out that, Nike, huge sponsor of the NBA, has a lot of manufacturing in China, including in forced labor camps.

Jo points out that the NBA apparel costs more than it used to and comments on cheap labor.

Nan points out that Nike products face very high tariffs when sold in China. So, even though the products are manufactured in China, Chinese tourists make a practice out of stocking up on sports gear when they visit the US.

Nan explains that having US sports figures or US entertainers visit China to give the regime legitimacy. He goes on to describe the documentary “Letter from Masanjia”, in which a letter from a prison camp was discovered by an Oregon woman in a package of Halloween decorations. The author of the letter made it out of China with the help of human rights activists, but was later killed.

Letter From Masanjia:https://www.letterfrommasanjia.com/

Bill Graff suggests that the profit margin on sports shoes must be huge and asks where the huge profits end up going. Nan suggests that, in the US, corporations publicly disclose their finances, but Chinese companies, even those listed on US stock exchanges, are not required to disclose financials and are not even audited.

Terry in Felton is very sorry about Amy’s dog. She wonders about who the Chinese tourists are that are allowed to visit the US. She asks about the Chinese LGBTQ movement and also asks if China would mandate a COVID-19 vaccine.

Nan explained that there are a lot of Chinese who have become very rich in the last 20 years, usually party officials, people with power or people with connections. Amy mentions that homosexuals were treated as criminals, even sentenced to death as recently as 1982. Nan mentions that the government forces abortions in China. Nan guesses that China would probably force their citizens to take a vaccine.

Billy mentions that the Uyghurs, can be ordered by factories across China to work in Nike, Apple, Adidas, BMW, Samsung, Sony, Volkswagen. He shares his personal opinion that the Chinese