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1.媒體來源:
Radio.com

2.記者署名:
Dan Mennella

3.完整新聞標題:

Former NBA Star: I Warned Players Not to Support Anti-China Propaganda
前NBA球員大衛韋斯特：別上反中陰謀的當

4.完整新聞內文:

Longtime NBA star David West is accusing a group of lawmakers of using NBA
players as pawns in a propaganda campaign targeting China.

征戰球場多年的NBA球星大衛韋斯特（David West）指控，有一群議員正在利用NBA球員作
為棋子，好針對中國發動宣傳戰。

Conservative senators including Josh Hawley, Marco Rubio and Tom Cotton have
publicly called out the league since its high-profile crackup with China over
a pro-Hong Kong tweet posted last year by Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey.



Those senators and other China hardliners say the league caved when it should
have supported Morey's free speech.

這些議員和其他強硬反中派表示，NBA應該力挺莫雷的言論自由，而非處處退讓。

But West says he reached out to some NBA players to caution them that those
urging them to support Morey might have motives other than the professed
liberation of Hong Kong protesters.

但大衛韋斯特表示，他曾向一些NBA球員警告，那些催促他們力挺莫雷的人，其目的可能
不像表面上所說的一樣，只是為了支持香港抗爭者而已。

"When Daryl Morey, he was with the Houston Rockets, he made comments about
Hong Kong earlier in the year. ... I got on the phone with a bunch of NBA
guys, and I was like 'Don't let them pull you into this bullshit, because
it's the Iraq war-, weapons of mass destruction-type propaganda again," West
recently told Danny Haiphong of Black Agenda Report.



The issue is more complicated than how it's presented in US media, West
explained.

大衛韋斯特解釋道，這個議題遠比美國媒體所報導的來得更加錯綜複雜。

"In the late 1940s, when China got its independence -- you know, people don't
even know that in our country. People don't even understand that China was
colonized for 108 years, or whatever it was, and don't realize that that's
what Hong Kong is about -- it's about colonization."



West, a two-time All-Star and two-time NBA champion with the Golden State
Warriors, lamented the lack of understanding about China among Americans,
 and denounced anti-China hawks as "warmongers."

曾兩度入選全明星、隨金州勇士隊兩度摘下總冠軍的大衛韋斯特感嘆道，美國人對中國實
在一無所知，並痛批反中鷹派為好戰份子。

"The only people talking about China are these warmongering hawks who are
using antiquated and outdated manifestos -- or whatever these guys are
reading, I mean these guys are reading colonial manifestos. I mean come on
man, it's plain as day. The idea that these sort of old tricks will work, or
will help us in any way -- the idea that isolationism is going to help us in
any way. There's 300 million people in the US only. And just for context, the
Chinese basketball community is 300 million people."





The NBA's rift with China was back in the headlines recently, when Hawley
accused NBA Commissioner Adam Silver of "kowtowing" to China and censoring
conservative-leaning messages from players' jerseys during the league's
restart at Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

NBA和中國之間的爭執近來又登上報章頭條，因為Hawley指控NBA總裁亞當席佛（Adam
Silver）向中國磕頭，而當NBA在佛羅里達州奧蘭多的迪士尼世界重新開打時，也禁止球
衣上出現保守派訊息。

ESPN reporter Adrian Wojnarowski was suspended two weeks for replying to a
press release from Hawley's office with a profane two-word response.

ESPN記者Adrian Wojnarowski因為用粗口回覆Hawley辦公室所發出的新聞稿，因此被停職
兩週。

West, a native of Teaneck, N.J. who later played his college ball at Xavier
in Ohio, said the old strategy of 20th Century anti-communism will not be
effective in this historical moment.

紐澤西州提內克出身的大衛韋斯特大學時期是在俄亥俄州賽維爾大學打球，而他說二十世
紀的古老反共戰略在這個歷史性時刻已經不管用了。

"We've tried to use these red-scare tactics, and we've tried to use the
propaganda to keep nations at bay, but it's not going to work against a
deliberately organized country like China. And we've got to accept that.
We've just got to accept that we are in a different time in global history --
not just American history."



The 39-year-old West, who retired after winning the NBA title with the Golden
State Warriors in 2018, said a trip to China opened his eyes to the real
China, as opposed to how it is presented in US media.

現年三十九歲的大衛韋斯特在2018年隨金州勇士隊奪下總冠軍之後就宣告退休，而他說一
趟中國之旅打開了自己的眼界，讓他看見了真正的中國，而非美國媒體報導裡的中國。

"As people in the world, as Americans and people in American society, we have
been misled.

「身為全球公民，身為美國人和美國社會的一份子，我們都被誤導了。」

"We can no longer feed the idea that people want to be in America or want to
be Americans, just because of who we are. The veil has been ripped off."

「他們不能再餵食我們這種想法，說因為美國人的關係，所以人們都想前來美國、都想成
為美國人。這份神秘面紗已經被撕下來了。」


5.完整新聞連結 (或短網址):
https://bit.ly/2BOBlLU

6.備註:
https://bit.ly/2BK9GLY

David West在Reddit上已經被罵翻了。


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