Gotta say I think the club has fudgeed itself over the Ozil comments on Muslim concentration camps in China. It isn't a political issue, its a human rights one. Way to throw a player under the bus. Unfortunately, this doesn't come as surprise as the leadership of the club is lacking at the moment and this is just another shocking example of it.
I am really glad about what Ozil has done. Showed some real balls compared to guys like LeBron etc in the US.
He's put himself on the line with it, and stayed true to his principles. Apparently his Chinese fan club, with 30k members, was erased from the internet there immediately, among other things.
In terms of the club supporting him, that would be nice, but lets be realistic. It is a business, they all bow down to the Chinese dollar, I don't expect anything from the club. I can't think of any other comparatively sized sporting organisation that would come out and back someone in a situation like this either. It's sad, and wrong, but that's the state of affairs when it comes to money. I am actually impressed that they haven't come out with something going the other way, since they're losing out of this (Arsenal/Man City was immediately pulled from Chinese state TV after Ozil's tweet). The NBA, and many individuals within it, have disgraced themselves completely after the Houston Rockets Manager comments. I half expected Arsenal to follow suit with something equally disgraceful.
The entire world is bowing down to China on most things, as they do with other countries that hold the money (US, Saudia Arabia, and others). It's disgusting really. Most notably the Chinese human rights abuses, but also their contribution to human-caused climate change. Until something is done at a government level, I can't see this "turning a blind eye" behaviour changing. I'm no fan of Trump but I thought he might be one who actually attempts to break this kind of thing, since he was an outsider, and he spoke about doing exactly that. He does make a lot of noise about China in that respect, but he too bows down to the dollar when it comes to the crunch, as evidenced by his actions (or lack of) when it comes to Saudi Arabia and Israel.