Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/10/17
By: Lin Hung-han and Joseph Yeh

Los Angeles, Oct. 16 (CNA) A Taiwanese-American recently launched an online fundraising

campaign to design and give away free T-shirts in support of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters at the Oct. 22 National Basketball Association (NBA) season opener at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, a U.S. news outlet reported earlier this month.

The fan, identified only by the pseudonym "Sun Lared," told the LAist news website that he launched the campaign on the social media website Reddit Oct. 6, as the world's most popular pro hoop league was coming under heavy fire in China for a pro-Hong Kong democracy tweet by the general manager of the Houston Rockets, one of the league's 30 teams.

Sun Lared said he is a Taiwanese-American in his 30s, works in tech in the Bay Area, and has friends in both Hong Kong and China, according to an article published online on Oct. 9.

The Rockets' executive had posted an image on Twitter earlier this month that read "fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong," drawing strong opposition from China and leading to the team being put on a blacklist by China's top state broadcaster, who said it would not broadcast any Rockets games in the coming season.    [FULL  STORY]