Houston Rockets merchandise disappears from Chinese Nike stores.
In addition to testing out their slogan from this past summer, Nike’s has also invalidated their eighties-era licensing of John Lennon’s “Revolution” in their ads as well. Apparently, both the shoe company and the NBA are perfectly OK carrying pictures — or at least the water — of Chairman Mao.
Related: CNN journalist “gets quickly shut down when she asked James Harden, Russell Westbrook if they would refrain from speaking out on politics/social justice after China debacle:”
(Classical reference in headline.)
h/t ED
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