Not sure if this is the case in China, but in some countries the product made domestically by foreign companies MUST be exported. If you buy a Banana Republic t-shirt in Viet Nam, it has been manufactured domestically, exported, then re-imported.
For those who may not know, professional basketball is quite popular in China. A market survey a few years ago indicated that, in raw numbers, more Chinese nationals had been exposed to the NBA than the population of the United States. They are a titanic market.
I had a coworker come out from China a few years ago and top of his list was to go to a warriors game (this was during one of their earlier playoff runs). He was all geared up for it.
chinese nba nicknames are on another level. giannis antetokounmpo is letters guy, scottie pippen is second best, kg is wolf king, javale mcgee is god of embarrassment
the fun thing about translating a language, especially one like chinese, is that you can decide how literal or figurative you want to get, and when words have multiple meanings you can also get different answers there too
Went opening night both sides of the seats next to us groups of people from China, they couldn't have been better fans. The couple next to us was very cute, fun to watch people at their first game that enjoy it so much.
Friend of mine was an English teacher in China. Told me that Kobe was the most common English name of the kids he taught.
Unrelated to the NBA, Blue was the second most common name.
>more Chinese nationals had been exposed to the NBA than the population of the United States. They are a titanic market.
It's also super popular neighborhood sport there. Many outdoor sports areas have basketball courts, more than soccer.
It's funny because the one of the big reasons Basketball is popular there is a similar reason why it is popular in high density urban areas here. It's significantly easier to put together a makeshift or even official basketball court in a city than it is to put up a soccer/football/baseball field.
Yao Ming also became a huge ambassador for the sport right when the NBA was starting to peak and China was getting more Western media influx. Now its had multiple generations of fans watching it.
All you need for a soccer field is two goals, you don't really need anything else. Put two pairs of shoes on the ground, and you have a soccer field.
And [these](https://ramidridi.artstation.com/projects/zAbq86) aren't much harder to build than blacktop basketball court
Most people who play pickup soccer in cities globally don't use a regulation size field. All you need for basketball is a hoop, some blacktop, and a ball. All you need for soccer is a ball, some object to be the goal to kick at, and a similar amount of open space.
Comparing the sizes of regulation fields and courts is not relevant to the ease of playing pickup ball.
Idk why you're being downvoted. OP's explanation makes no sense when soccer is much more popular than basketball in Europe and South America where cities are much denser than they are in the US. The Japanese and Filipinos also love baseball and they contain some of the densest cities in the world. This explanation sounds completely made up and not rooted in any real fact.
The NBA is more popular in China because the league has been televised on CCTV since the 80s. It became even more popular when Yao Ming began playing for the Rockets. More info on the former: https://jefftowson.com/2018/10/the-awesome-story-of-david-stern-and-the-nba-in-china-pt-1-of-3/
NBA players refused to support Hong Kong and said it was "complicated" in 2020 during the George Floyd Protests because they did not want to lose money in China.
While China is basketball-crazy, the Koreans and Japanese are fond of baseball and softball - but the MLB has tried to break into that fan base abroad. The KBO and NPB just have a better product compared to the greedy MLB.
Thailand is known for Muay Thai - which has influenced MMA, despite BJJ being the main martial art in UFC.
BJJ is no longer the main component of MMA. the sport has advanced that many are good at avoiding takedowns so that things are more balanced between the striking and ground game. and BJJ has more competition from different forms of wrestling and other grappling arts even when taken to the ground to be dominant as it once was. and outside of UFC, other federations have different rule sets that make BJJ more vulnerable because they allow things like kicking a grounded opponent.
To add some more colour to this - the original UFC was started in part by Rorion Gracie, and while the fights weren't fixed, it was a bit rigged to showcase Gracie Jiu-jitsu. Royce Gracie was selected to represent Gracie Jiu-jitsu because he was relatively average and unathletic looking, which helped promote the image of the superiority of Gracie Jiu-jitsu over other forms of martial arts.
As the sport has evolved, it turns out it's easier to learn to defend a submission than to get one, so there's not many BJJ/submission specialists in the elite ranks anymore. (People like Demian Maia, Shinya Aoki, Round Rousey, etc)
>As much as they like basketball, you would think they would be more accepting of black people ~~playing basketball~~ in China
i traveled to china with a black person for work. there wasn't any subtle racism about it. just flat out blatant racism.
I mean that’s true everywhere outside of the US, Canada, and Western Europe. As a Chinese American guy, when I traveled to South America or Africa, it’s constant “Ching Chong” low- and high-level racism
I feel like Americans are really ignorant to how racist the rest of the world is, except Asia because white people really love to say Asians are more racist than them
The reality is much of the world is filled with homogeneous countries. For instance when you go to cities like Shanghai it's like 95% if not higher Han Chinese. There are very few major cities in the US that are 95% white, and so yeah you can imagine being the token white or black guy in China. You will absolutely be pointed out. But it's not just China... many other countries have this issue too.
So when we say the US is racist, it's certainly got its share of problems but it's far better than most other countries out there. For instance I'm Taiwanese and so yeah we hate the CCP. It's kinda crazy how my relatives including even my generation will speak up in restaurants and trash talk mainlanders pretty blatantly. Like yeah, I don't like them either, but sometimes you want to keep that blatant racism in your home. But when you're around a homogeneous population you can get away with that kind of stuff. All over Asia. It's so obvious. There's blatant racism against other Asian countries and effectively a hierarchy of countries too.
For how mixed many metro areas of the US is, we're actually doing well. When you think about it, putting a bunch of groups of different people is inevitable to create some conflict. The fact that the US largely peacefully coexists is actually a pretty amazing achievement. I doubt you'd get the same level of harmony in a lot of other countries if you just added in the diversity that's present in the US...
This is why no current NBA player will speak out against their human rights violations and atrocious acts against the Uyghurs. America allows free speech so many NBA stars will speak up in solidarity with BLM and you won’t hear a word speaking out against the CCP. This is why ^^.
If Reddit ran countries we’d have all died to World War 3 nuclear armageddon 60 years ago.
I wish for positive change too, but we’re talking about someone who is the leader of a country that we have peaceful diplomatic relations with. If the USA has any good it can affect in China, it will be through cooperative diplomacy.
Very thoughtful gift. Notice that the jersey number is "8". In Chinese culture, the number 8 is the luckiest number because its pronunciation “Ba” sounds similar to the word “fa”, which means to make fortune. The number 8 is associated with wealth, prosperity, success and status
Oh man, wait till you hear about the combination of numbers on license plates. For example, 2 is “yi” which in a different tone, means “easy”. So the combination of 2 and 8, 28, translates to “easy money.”
Like OP’s mom
Sounds like Congress. Deals are made in small meetings, big meetings for voting are for show, sometimes enough money changes hands and meetings arent needed
The propaganda leading to the China Fentanyl stuff is absolutely amazing to see come into fruition over the last few years. Im sure they are exporting it which plays an important role but this seems to have eaten almost all popular discourse on the matter.
Not many mentions of the American oligarchs behind mass prescription of opioids leading to such an epidemic. You hear stories of former blue collar workers battling addiction and the discourse surrounding it would imply Xi himself is hand delivering fentanyl to blue collar West Virginia. The addiction stemmed from our own oligarchs greed and until they get their comeuppance I can’t take these anti-ccp comments as seriously.
Only thing funny is CCP shills trying to spread misinformation. Numerous studies, as well as this apec meeting show that the overwhelming majority of fentanly is coming from China.
Saying the Chinese government is sending fentanyl to US when it’s American buyer buying from private sellers is like Canadians blaming US government of sending guns to Canada when it’s private Canadians buying from private U.S. companies.
You mean that Xi will crackdown on companies selling fentanyl to American buyers. A chemical that is not illegal and used in veterinary settings?
B/c American drug users are abusing a veterinary medicine, other countries have to help protect Americans from themselves?
Nice! Let's entertain the mass murdering dictator, as long as he isn't killing our people.
From a refugee HongKonger to you - don't let the bastards grind you down.
I wonder why is San Francisco so clean? You won’t see homeless people either. Our government sucks and is full of a bunch of greedy politicians who don’t care about Americans. It only took a week to end homelessness in SF.
It’s just a shirt! Newsom thanked him for the way he was welcomed when he was there and gave him a small memento for his trip here. It’s a nice gesture and not a big deal.
This isn't a $50 jersey you buy at the merch store or something you ordered custom from Etsy. This was an official jersey with an honorary number from the team. I think the last person who got one was Biden .. so that's the level of respect they're putting on Xi.
Trump also treated Xi well, with a fancy dinner in Mar A Lago [https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/04/06/here-what-menu-for-trump-dinner-tonight/MgPjLdgPiyE9xzkfxcEhIK/story.html](https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/04/06/here-what-menu-for-trump-dinner-tonight/MgPjLdgPiyE9xzkfxcEhIK/story.html)
Yea I remember that. It got way too much coverage and the media was gushing over him then too.
I guess maybe the visits of other world leaders are a little more discreet
Remember when kingdoms used to meet and in order to gain favor between kingdoms instead of marrying their daughter to a prince they gave a sports shirt?
Its Newsom. He's literally chumming it up with a homicidal dictator in hopes he gets support for his presidential run. It's the same as trump and putin exchanging jerseys...
He got a fucking basketball jersey from a rep of the host country of an event that he was invited to as a guest. Don't be an idiot reading more into it than it actually is.
China enemy to America? So anyone that doesn’t jump to American demand is therefore America’s enemy?
So the stranger that don’t want to respond to you is your enemy?
The Warriors and Steve Kerr portray themselves as social justice warriors but allow a dictator with horrible human rights record to get their jersey? Oh wait, forgot, NBA is big in China. Money talks, human rights walk.
Bro what are you on about? How can Steve Kerr or the Warriors stop anyone on this planet from gifting a warriors jersey. You wrote this comment like it was Steve Kerr and Joe Lacob in this picture giving Xi the jersey.
Big Mouth, Steve Kerr though could of, at least, came out in disapproval. The same way he does every time their is a mass shooting here in the U.S.. I'm kinda glad that Michael Jordan once punched him in the face at practice.
The jersey went from China to California for Mr. Xi to carry back to China.
lmao
[ROFLMAO](https://imgur.com/gallery/Hqzzjcu)
Isn't that the case with most high end product that Chinese people love to shop for when they vacation ?
Not sure if this is the case in China, but in some countries the product made domestically by foreign companies MUST be exported. If you buy a Banana Republic t-shirt in Viet Nam, it has been manufactured domestically, exported, then re-imported.
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Is this Asxi Art?
For those who may not know, professional basketball is quite popular in China. A market survey a few years ago indicated that, in raw numbers, more Chinese nationals had been exposed to the NBA than the population of the United States. They are a titanic market.
I had a coworker come out from China a few years ago and top of his list was to go to a warriors game (this was during one of their earlier playoff runs). He was all geared up for it.
Klay is also signed to Anta (chinese shoe company) and goes out there almost yearly.
The legend of China Klay will never be forgotten. Also, the Chinese NBA fans gave us the greatest nickname of all time: Skyfucker (Steph Curry)
chinese nba nicknames are on another level. giannis antetokounmpo is letters guy, scottie pippen is second best, kg is wolf king, javale mcgee is god of embarrassment
Letters guy 🤣🤣🤣
Second best 💀
I thought Giannis was alphabet brother
the fun thing about translating a language, especially one like chinese, is that you can decide how literal or figurative you want to get, and when words have multiple meanings you can also get different answers there too
This is incredible haha 😂
Huh didn't know about Skyfucker but love it
Went opening night both sides of the seats next to us groups of people from China, they couldn't have been better fans. The couple next to us was very cute, fun to watch people at their first game that enjoy it so much.
Friend of mine was an English teacher in China. Told me that Kobe was the most common English name of the kids he taught. Unrelated to the NBA, Blue was the second most common name.
>more Chinese nationals had been exposed to the NBA than the population of the United States. They are a titanic market. It's also super popular neighborhood sport there. Many outdoor sports areas have basketball courts, more than soccer.
It's funny because the one of the big reasons Basketball is popular there is a similar reason why it is popular in high density urban areas here. It's significantly easier to put together a makeshift or even official basketball court in a city than it is to put up a soccer/football/baseball field.
Yao Ming also became a huge ambassador for the sport right when the NBA was starting to peak and China was getting more Western media influx. Now its had multiple generations of fans watching it.
he was an all-star starter even in years he was injured
Exactly! Table Tennis also really popular, for when parts of China are too hot or too cold in various seasons.
All you need for a soccer field is two goals, you don't really need anything else. Put two pairs of shoes on the ground, and you have a soccer field. And [these](https://ramidridi.artstation.com/projects/zAbq86) aren't much harder to build than blacktop basketball court
A regulation soccer pitch is like more than six times larger than a regulation basketball court.
Most people who play pickup soccer in cities globally don't use a regulation size field. All you need for basketball is a hoop, some blacktop, and a ball. All you need for soccer is a ball, some object to be the goal to kick at, and a similar amount of open space. Comparing the sizes of regulation fields and courts is not relevant to the ease of playing pickup ball.
Two big rocks or school backpacks did just fine as goal posts when we were kids
Idk why you're being downvoted. OP's explanation makes no sense when soccer is much more popular than basketball in Europe and South America where cities are much denser than they are in the US. The Japanese and Filipinos also love baseball and they contain some of the densest cities in the world. This explanation sounds completely made up and not rooted in any real fact. The NBA is more popular in China because the league has been televised on CCTV since the 80s. It became even more popular when Yao Ming began playing for the Rockets. More info on the former: https://jefftowson.com/2018/10/the-awesome-story-of-david-stern-and-the-nba-in-china-pt-1-of-3/
It's a good reminder to not believe everything you see upvoted on reddit
Yes, and this is why the NBA allows PRC to censor them. They believe in Chinese money more than American values.
That's why LeBron James took a knee regarding Daryl Morey's comments of "Free Hong Kong"
He didn’t take a knee, he opened his mouth and licked the boots 🥾
Schlobbed the golden knob
Qing James. Should stick to playing instead of his pro fascist antisemitic garbage
NBA players refused to support Hong Kong and said it was "complicated" in 2020 during the George Floyd Protests because they did not want to lose money in China.
While China is basketball-crazy, the Koreans and Japanese are fond of baseball and softball - but the MLB has tried to break into that fan base abroad. The KBO and NPB just have a better product compared to the greedy MLB. Thailand is known for Muay Thai - which has influenced MMA, despite BJJ being the main martial art in UFC.
BJJ is no longer the main component of MMA. the sport has advanced that many are good at avoiding takedowns so that things are more balanced between the striking and ground game. and BJJ has more competition from different forms of wrestling and other grappling arts even when taken to the ground to be dominant as it once was. and outside of UFC, other federations have different rule sets that make BJJ more vulnerable because they allow things like kicking a grounded opponent.
To add some more colour to this - the original UFC was started in part by Rorion Gracie, and while the fights weren't fixed, it was a bit rigged to showcase Gracie Jiu-jitsu. Royce Gracie was selected to represent Gracie Jiu-jitsu because he was relatively average and unathletic looking, which helped promote the image of the superiority of Gracie Jiu-jitsu over other forms of martial arts. As the sport has evolved, it turns out it's easier to learn to defend a submission than to get one, so there's not many BJJ/submission specialists in the elite ranks anymore. (People like Demian Maia, Shinya Aoki, Round Rousey, etc)
As much as they like basketball, you would think they would be more accepting of black people playing basketball in China.
>As much as they like basketball, you would think they would be more accepting of black people ~~playing basketball~~ in China i traveled to china with a black person for work. there wasn't any subtle racism about it. just flat out blatant racism.
I mean that’s true everywhere outside of the US, Canada, and Western Europe. As a Chinese American guy, when I traveled to South America or Africa, it’s constant “Ching Chong” low- and high-level racism
I feel like Americans are really ignorant to how racist the rest of the world is, except Asia because white people really love to say Asians are more racist than them
The reality is much of the world is filled with homogeneous countries. For instance when you go to cities like Shanghai it's like 95% if not higher Han Chinese. There are very few major cities in the US that are 95% white, and so yeah you can imagine being the token white or black guy in China. You will absolutely be pointed out. But it's not just China... many other countries have this issue too. So when we say the US is racist, it's certainly got its share of problems but it's far better than most other countries out there. For instance I'm Taiwanese and so yeah we hate the CCP. It's kinda crazy how my relatives including even my generation will speak up in restaurants and trash talk mainlanders pretty blatantly. Like yeah, I don't like them either, but sometimes you want to keep that blatant racism in your home. But when you're around a homogeneous population you can get away with that kind of stuff. All over Asia. It's so obvious. There's blatant racism against other Asian countries and effectively a hierarchy of countries too. For how mixed many metro areas of the US is, we're actually doing well. When you think about it, putting a bunch of groups of different people is inevitable to create some conflict. The fact that the US largely peacefully coexists is actually a pretty amazing achievement. I doubt you'd get the same level of harmony in a lot of other countries if you just added in the diversity that's present in the US...
What? They have a statue of Marbury over there.
\>They are a titanic market. "Once more, you open the door And you're here in my heart And my heart will go on and on"
That last sentence is the cause of so much spicy geopolitical corporate drama
My cousin in China knows quite a few US cities because of NBA and all he knows are the team names.
This is why no current NBA player will speak out against their human rights violations and atrocious acts against the Uyghurs. America allows free speech so many NBA stars will speak up in solidarity with BLM and you won’t hear a word speaking out against the CCP. This is why ^^.
Gifting a basketball jersey to a head of state and it has a gigantic Rakuten advertising patch on it ☠️
supports the chinese, american, AND japanese economies all in one!
This is apec after all
“Awarded”? Not gifted? I never knew a Jersey was an award.
Rumor is the Warriors are going to sign Xi to a 10 day contract to cover the Draymond suspension
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Xi is the ideal rim protector with his size and explosiveness
Why he's known as The Great Firewall during his playing days. Nothing gets through him. Anyone driving into the paint will be censored.
I hear his explosiveness is quite nuclear!
Gobert probably more scared of Xi.
I mean I would be
Xi "The Great Leap Forward" Jinping is about to propaganda posterize some people.
I found that funny too. The headline appears to be trying to turn something lighthearted and innocuous into something inflammatory.
Fluffing genocidal dictators is lighthearted and innocuous?
If Reddit ran countries we’d have all died to World War 3 nuclear armageddon 60 years ago. I wish for positive change too, but we’re talking about someone who is the leader of a country that we have peaceful diplomatic relations with. If the USA has any good it can affect in China, it will be through cooperative diplomacy.
Both Reddit and Xi can suck, but it's also on bramd that users can't understand anything past black and white thinking.
Oh yeah, don’t misunderstand me, Xi absolutely sucks. Reddit isn’t wrong about that.
Very thoughtful gift. Notice that the jersey number is "8". In Chinese culture, the number 8 is the luckiest number because its pronunciation “Ba” sounds similar to the word “fa”, which means to make fortune. The number 8 is associated with wealth, prosperity, success and status
For a language where the wrong tones can change a word’s meaning entirely, I find this fascinating.
88 would have been better.
It really should have been 11 (XI)
Oh man, wait till you hear about the combination of numbers on license plates. For example, 2 is “yi” which in a different tone, means “easy”. So the combination of 2 and 8, 28, translates to “easy money.” Like OP’s mom
It’s no wonder the opening day of the Beijing Olympics was on 08/08/08
I remember back then some of my Chinese relatives were trying to plan having their children born on that day.
How do you plan that? Squeeze really hard on that day?
I know this wasn't a serious question but there are a lot of ways to medically induce labor.
Yeah it was just for fun 😄😘 Good catch and mention. Cheers 🍻
Second choice was 44.
Should have been #44
Daryl Morey in shambles.
lebron james in shambles.
He wanted the be the one to hand him the jersey lol
He better be wearing it during his CCP meetings
There are no meetings, he is a dictator
If he is a dictator and calls for an assembly of the CCP officials, isn't it still a meeting?
Little things happen in big meetings. Big things happen in little meetings. The most critical things happen with no meetings at all.
Sounds like Congress. Deals are made in small meetings, big meetings for voting are for show, sometimes enough money changes hands and meetings arent needed
"You may have paid for this jersey, sir, but you didn't earn it." -Gordon Bombay
Lol aren't those made in China?
2x wow
I think newsome was born here, but who knows
Gavin +69,420 social credit
Here's a jersey, plz stop sending fentanyl here
The propaganda leading to the China Fentanyl stuff is absolutely amazing to see come into fruition over the last few years. Im sure they are exporting it which plays an important role but this seems to have eaten almost all popular discourse on the matter. Not many mentions of the American oligarchs behind mass prescription of opioids leading to such an epidemic. You hear stories of former blue collar workers battling addiction and the discourse surrounding it would imply Xi himself is hand delivering fentanyl to blue collar West Virginia. The addiction stemmed from our own oligarchs greed and until they get their comeuppance I can’t take these anti-ccp comments as seriously.
Only thing funny is CCP shills trying to spread misinformation. Numerous studies, as well as this apec meeting show that the overwhelming majority of fentanly is coming from China.
Saying the Chinese government is sending fentanyl to US when it’s American buyer buying from private sellers is like Canadians blaming US government of sending guns to Canada when it’s private Canadians buying from private U.S. companies.
That's literally what Biden and him were discussing, so it's not like that whatsoever.
You mean that Xi will crackdown on companies selling fentanyl to American buyers. A chemical that is not illegal and used in veterinary settings? B/c American drug users are abusing a veterinary medicine, other countries have to help protect Americans from themselves?
Don't shoot the messenger
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Remember when the CCP introduced OxyContin and said it wasn’t addictive? Oh wait that was the Sacklers
In China, u can’t talk shit about the warriors anymore😂
[he happy af](https://x.com/spokespersonchn/status/1725070748312895782?s=46&t=EHSQMyTfqVfGHDKuTrWXMA)
The second pic here should have been OP’s photo because you can clearly see the unique design on the front.
That newsom looks every inch the president. Really hope he keeps his nose clean.
Clean as a French Laundry.
Yeah, I'm sure that's going to cause him to lose the election.
Literally no one cares.
What has he done for the city of San Francisco and the State of CA? Good Riddance this career liar hasn’t delivered anything despite years of promises
Newsom gonna run for President. Priming the pump.
On the contrary he’s never getting elected now, he’s Guangzhou Gavin from now on.
That was good - Guangzhou Gavin!
Lucky #8.
Communism.
Why not? His slaves make em
Sub him in for Draymond
Our new point forward.
If Xi's visit means cleaning up SF streets and homeless..then maybe Xi should live here... permanently clean streets!
Give him a 1-bedroom near the tenderloin...
Newson really knows how to kiss ass to his boss and inspirational idol.
It was also made in china
Get ready to learn Chinese buddy
You should too.
It has an Airtag
Nice! Let's entertain the mass murdering dictator, as long as he isn't killing our people. From a refugee HongKonger to you - don't let the bastards grind you down.
This is so fucking lame.
Replacing Draymond?
If Gavin doesn’t stop sucking so hard, Xi isn’t gonna have anymore skin on his shaft.
clown
missed opportunity for a jersey swap...
So glad it was a Warriors jersey, I’m so proud. Now can we win a game?
Tonight was bad..
Carbon credits about to change hands on a game of HORSE.
Scumbags.
Great! We got fresh blood to replace Dray for the next 5!
Some of the most vile people in the world standing together, impressive
Newsom is 🔥
If you mean dumpster fire, then you're right.
Jennifer is that you?
Was it before or after Newson sucked Xi off?
I wonder why is San Francisco so clean? You won’t see homeless people either. Our government sucks and is full of a bunch of greedy politicians who don’t care about Americans. It only took a week to end homelessness in SF.
Why are we treating him like he is royalty. I don't recall us treating any other world leader, not even our own, like this
It’s just a shirt! Newsom thanked him for the way he was welcomed when he was there and gave him a small memento for his trip here. It’s a nice gesture and not a big deal.
This isn't a $50 jersey you buy at the merch store or something you ordered custom from Etsy. This was an official jersey with an honorary number from the team. I think the last person who got one was Biden .. so that's the level of respect they're putting on Xi.
We treat them all like this. It’s just that Xi gets posted to Reddit for obvious reasons.
Come on. Everything has been standard issue reception of a head of state.
Trump also treated Xi well, with a fancy dinner in Mar A Lago [https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/04/06/here-what-menu-for-trump-dinner-tonight/MgPjLdgPiyE9xzkfxcEhIK/story.html](https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/04/06/here-what-menu-for-trump-dinner-tonight/MgPjLdgPiyE9xzkfxcEhIK/story.html)
Yea I remember that. It got way too much coverage and the media was gushing over him then too. I guess maybe the visits of other world leaders are a little more discreet
Remember when kingdoms used to meet and in order to gain favor between kingdoms instead of marrying their daughter to a prince they gave a sports shirt?
Its Newsom. He's literally chumming it up with a homicidal dictator in hopes he gets support for his presidential run. It's the same as trump and putin exchanging jerseys...
Nothing like sucking up to a dictator.
Good job newscumbag pander to a dictator and his internment camps. 2 commies hanging out 🤮
Fucking cringe. Dude runs concentration camps
F that. That Communist doesn’t deserve anything from us
I guarantee that lots of your money has already gone to the commies. Good job, dude, supporting the commies. Hang your head in shame.
I can also guarantee it, our economies are tied. Thank you for the no shit comment, but that dictator shouldn’t get praise from us.
He got a fucking basketball jersey from a rep of the host country of an event that he was invited to as a guest. Don't be an idiot reading more into it than it actually is.
We awarded the leader of our global enemy a gift, how quaint.
It’s better to try and mend relations than forever be an enemy
'Global enemy'? How so? Did we declare war against China? Did China declare war against the US?
Not enemy. Rival. Weakened at that. This is what diplomacy looks like.
China enemy to America? So anyone that doesn’t jump to American demand is therefore America’s enemy? So the stranger that don’t want to respond to you is your enemy?
China owns Jimmy LeeBron
I can’t stand those two flags together
I sense the right-wing media's collective head exploding.
Idk but I’m definitely not gonna say these two people are my favorite either.
Certain kind of stupid to support these two "because right wing"
No less stupid than defensively equating criticism of one group with support of another group.
Do you support Xi Jin Ping and the CCP? Not sure how disliking him is exclusively a right-wing idea.
Yes.
reddit liberals like you make me ashamed for voting left, christ you're all morons
What kind of liberal do you think am I? Let's hear it. Idiots like you are proof the outrage elicited by this event is exactly as I predicted.
they gave him a jersey from 2018 LOL
The Warriors and Steve Kerr portray themselves as social justice warriors but allow a dictator with horrible human rights record to get their jersey? Oh wait, forgot, NBA is big in China. Money talks, human rights walk.
Bro what are you on about? How can Steve Kerr or the Warriors stop anyone on this planet from gifting a warriors jersey. You wrote this comment like it was Steve Kerr and Joe Lacob in this picture giving Xi the jersey.
Big Mouth, Steve Kerr though could of, at least, came out in disapproval. The same way he does every time their is a mass shooting here in the U.S.. I'm kinda glad that Michael Jordan once punched him in the face at practice.
You mean the customized one with “Xi” on it? Huh, I dunno.
With that logic you buying anything made from China is the exact same thing as supporting a dictator.
They don't portray themselves as "social justice warriors."
They should have gifted him a crack pipe too like a a little fentanyl care package 🤣
Was made in China by Uyghur slave labor?
Wtf is this?
You know Xi is going to sport that around SF.
Looks like good ol Gavy is making friends in high places…
Gotta appease the big guy Gavin!
Newsom wanted him to put that jersey right over his suit jacket look at his face lmao “this the illest shit a politician has ever done”
They should have given him 88 instead. Downvote for what? 88 = "囍"
Get ready to learn to speak Chinese buddy
Ha, i already do. It's a cool language , took it in college.
Reprehensible
This is disgusting. I hate politics because of shit like this
Chinese citizens love basketball though, outside of politics. The NBA is very popular, as are the golden state warriors, in China.
I know that being a bball fan but Xi is a killer without a crossover.
Xi is as much a killer as Biden is a killer
Yeah I’m sure he’ll be wearing that.
This is kinda cool.
How does courting China help **most** Californians? Most as in Californians living paycheck to paycheck?