The Disciplinary Corporation

Nike, the athletic shoe giant, has pulled a product off the shelves in response to a storm of social-media protest. The product was a sneaker collaboration with sportswear brand Undercover, whose principal designer, Jun Takahashi, published these unspeakable words on Twitter: “No extradition. Go Hong Kong!”Nike says it made the decision “based on feedback from Chinese consumers.” Just so.The context is this: Hong Kong, a free, liberal, democratic, self-governing city was