because they have the option not to do it. yes they will lose money and marketshare. but ultimately they can choose to stick to their moral principle and not take the chinese money.
there are alot of protesters are arguing hk is not part of china. they even go far as arguing their passport is different and they have their own independent gov't.
if apple and NBA wants to piss off mainland china, why should mainland china keep doing business with someone who keeps bad mouthing them.
No, actually they don’t have that option. Corporations exist because they profit. If the profits are jeopardized over some tweet or app, they will always do what’s best in the name of profits. The entire world equates China with profits. So the Chinese dictate exactly what foreign corporations will do. They’ve done that for decades now.
As for the HK protesters, not a single one has claimed that HK is not part of China or that they are not technically Chinese.
I think that’s the common misconception in the West. If you’ve never been to HK or met HK people, then you probably wouldn’t know what it is they want. Look up some of their demands. None of them say they don’t want to be Chinese.
They don’t want to associate with mainland Chinese for the simple fact that the CCP has been eroding their freedoms ever since the handover.
Again, HK protesters are not anti-Chinese. They are anti-CCP. A very clear distinction needs to be made here. Under the one country two systems, HK should have universal suffrage and free elections. But it doesn’t. And while HK does technically have its own government, down under, the entire legislative branch is ran by the CCP.
