and when the houston rockets general manager tweeted his support for pro-democracy protests in hong kong, china demanded he be fired. rocke the general manager soon apologized. and let s be honest. this isn t about apologies. this is about trying to change behavior. silencing dissent overseas as well as at home using the kujle of money. days after the houston rockets, south park released an episode about china s growing influence on hollywood. chinese leader xi jinping has been accused of looking like him by protestors and john oliver. so the south park episode was banned in china. but it s also incidents like the brief banning of this girl s tiktok account after she viewers about the 2 million in detention camps. we are watching an old drama play out. the drama of power and ethics and ethics has been losing a few