NBA’s Hong Kong flare-up overlooks deep U.S. investment in China

The ties between the National Basketball Association and China have become a hot topic in the last few weeks as political partisans, on the left and right, question whether the league is chasing money in the country at the expense of caring about human rights.

As China’s economic power and influence grow, this is an important conversation to have, but even a cursory look at the numbers shows why it should be about a lot more than just the NBA. CONT.

Dante Chinni, NBC News