“We can’t have two things at the same time. We can’t have businesses in China, and we can’t have a free marketplace of ideas in the United States. You can have one, but you can’t have both at the same time, and because we need to protect our democracy, I think we need to get our companies out of China.”

— Gordon G. Chang

Gordon Chang: NBA Controversy Shows China Is ‘Weaponizing Our Companies Against Us’ https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/10/08/gordon-chang-nba-controversy-shows-beijing-is-weaponizing-our-companies/ (8 October 2019)

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