NBA与中国之间日益加深的裂痕周三在美国呈现出一种政治角度，由美国国会议员组成的两党团体敦促联盟暂停在这个亚洲国家的商业活动，直到中国产业结束对NBA的抵制。
这一发展是在休斯顿火箭队总经理莫雷（daryl morey）转发香港民主派推特时开始的丑闻之后出现的。
在写给亚当·西尔弗委员的信上签字的八名国会议员包括两个政治上截然相反的人：德克萨斯州的共和党参议员特德·克鲁兹和纽约州的民主党众议员亚历山大·奥卡西奥·科尔特斯。
这封信以强烈的语言挑战西尔弗。
它写道：“NBA球员在美国国内就社会公正和人权等敏感话题发表言论的历史悠久，NBA为捍卫他们的权利感到自豪。”然而，尽管捍卫言论自由并不费钱，但在利益攸关时含糊其辞，是对美国基本价值观的背叛。”
上周，在莫雷删除推特后，西尔弗发表了NBA的初步声明，特别是关于联盟屈从于中国的独裁政治体制，而不是偏袒自我表达的权利。
毫无疑问，这一事件损害了nba在全球第二大经济体中的品牌形象，其几家中国商业伙伴暂停了与联盟的工作关系。
西尔弗预计将于周三在上海与中国官员会面，以避免两场洛杉矶湖人布鲁克林网队季前赛被取消。
这出戏周三也吸引了唐纳德·特朗普，总统批评了金州勇士队主教练史蒂夫·克尔和圣安东尼奥马刺队主教练格雷格·波波维奇对局势的评论。
香港在英国殖民统治一个多世纪后，于1997年成为中国的特别行政区。该领土的抗议者担心，根据与中国签订的独特治理协议，自治权正在消失。
原标题：
Congress members urge NBA to suspend business in China
原文：
The deepening rift between the NBA and China took on a political angle in the United States on Wednesday, with a bipartisan group of U.S. Congress members urging the league to suspend business activities in the Asian nation until Chinese industries end a boycott of the NBA.
This development comes in the wake of a scandal that began when Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey retweeted a Hong Kong pro-democracy tweet.
The eight members of Congress who signed a letter addressed to commissioner Adam Silver include two political polar opposites: Republican senator Ted Cruz of Texas, and Democratic representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.
The letter challenges Silver with strong language.
"NBA players have a rich history of speaking out on sensitive topics of social justice and human rights inside the United States and the NBA takes pride in defending their right to do so," it reads. "Yet while it is easy to defend freedom of speech when it costs you nothing, equivocating when profits are at stake is a betrayal of fundamental American values."
Silver took heat last week following the NBA's initial statement after Morey's since-deleted tweet, specifically over the league bending to China's authoritarian political system instead of favoring the right to self-expression.
There's little doubt the incident has damaged the NBA's brand in the world's second-largest economy, with several of its Chinese business partners suspending working relationships with the league.
Silver was expected to meet with Chinese officials in Shanghai on Wednesday in an effort to avoid the cancellation of two Los Angeles Lakers-Brooklyn Nets preseason games.
The drama also drew in Donald Trump on Wednesday, with the president criticizing comments that Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr and San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich made about the situation.
Hong Kong became a special administrative region of China in 1997 following more than a century of British colonial rule. Protesters in the territory are concerned about disappearing autonomy under its unique governing agreement with China.
