China Denies Telling NBA To Fire Exec Over Hong Kong Tweet

China denies telling NBA to fire exec over Hong Kong tweet

China denied Friday that it demanded that the NBA fire a Houston Rockets executive for supporting pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong

Beijing, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Oct, 2019 ) :China denied Friday that it demanded that the NBA fire a Houston Rockets executive for supporting pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.

"The Chinese government has never raised these kinds of demands," foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a regular press briefing, after NBA boss Adam Silver said officials had demanded the sacking.