So we're going to go in a little bit of a different direction with this segment.

This is not exactly hardcore NBA basketball, but because the NBA China saga has been in

people's minds so far, the NBA has gotten a lot of criticism for how they've handled

it.

They've also gotten a lot of praise for how they've handled it.

And so as we often do, I want to bring in an expert on this subject, and that's Bill

Bishop who writes the awesome newsletter, cynicism.com bill, how you doing?

Oh, great.

Thanks for having me on.

Yeah, I'd like to compliment you by the way.

I'm just having a fantastic name for your site.

It's really just as a amateur student of world history.

I really just enjoyed the pun there.

It's fantastic.

Oh, well, thank you.

Yeah, I, it was intentional, but I also wanted a name that kind of wasn't just China, but

sort of captured a broader sort of let me write about more than just a sort of a narrow

subject, something that like China Tech or China politics.

So.

Let's, let's get right into it here.

Obviously, this situation the NBA is dealing with is not necessarily unique.

When I think there are some unique elements with how public it is and how public many of

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