LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Stand up to China

OPINION:

I would like the National Basketball Association to stand up to the Chinese dictatorship, but I am worried that it will back down (“NBA decides to remain silent for rest of China trip,” Web, Oct. 11). No dictatorship has the right to tell any American how to define freedom of expression. When will this Chinese appeasement end? The federal government, both political parties, and Hollywood have all refused to stand up to Communist China. America turned its back on the country of Tibet; it is now the Tibetan region of China. Now America is turning its back on Hong Kong. Taiwan is next. We Americans need to oppose, not appease, all dictatorships.

CHUCK MANN

Greensboro, N.C.