{"id":1007423,"date":"2021-11-13T12:59:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T17:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1007423"},"modified":"2021-11-13T12:59:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T17:59:16","slug":"taiwan-is-not-china-enes-kanters-latest-message-against-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taiwan-is-not-china-enes-kanters-latest-message-against-china\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Taiwan Is Not China\u2019: Enes Kanter\u2019s Latest Message Against China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaiwan-is-not-china-enes-kanters-latest-message-against-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1007423&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter has released another statement condemning China for its human rights violations.<\/p>\n<p>This time, Kanter spoke about China\u2019s treatment of Taiwan, insisting the island nation is \u201c<em>not<\/em> a part of China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My message to all freedom supporters watching this today is:<\/p>\n<p>We are stronger together.<br \/>We must all <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandWithTaiwan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StandWithTaiwan<\/a>,<br \/>support Taiwan, and defend democracy.<br \/>We must keep Taiwan free and safe.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan belongs to the TAIWANESE people!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IslandOfResilience?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IslandOfResilience<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r925kNm2fY\">pic.twitter.com\/r925kNm2fY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Enes Kanter (@EnesKanter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EnesKanter\/status\/1459190235565371397?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaiwan is a democratic and free country, and I stand with Taiwan,\u201d Kanter added in a video posted to Twitter. \u201cDid you know that even though Taiwan has their own history, their own government, their own land, their own elections, their own everything, Xi Jinping is stuck in his own world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Jinping] claims Taiwan is a part of China and consistently threatens to invade Taiwan,\u201d Kanter continued. \u201cThe country\u2019s 24 million Taiwanese people just want to live peacefully and freely. They cherish freedom, human rights, and democracy. Taiwan is a force for good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the Chinese government is doing to Taiwan is even more proof that Xi Jinping and the Chinese regime are a threat to freedoms everywhere,\u201d Kanter added. \u201cWe see what they are doing to Tibetans, to Uyghurs, Hong Kongers. Taiwan is now at the frontlines against China\u2019s dictatorship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Kanter delivered a message to everyone watching: \u201cMy message to all freedom supporters watching this today is we are stronger together. We must <em>all<\/em> stand with Taiwan, support Taiwan, and defend democracy. We must keep Taiwan free and safe. Taiwan is already independent and I believe and hope the country will be free and democratic forever. The future of Taiwan must be determined by the Taiwanese people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/enes-kanter-doubles-down-calls-on-heartless-dictator-of-china-to-free-the-uyghur-people\">reported<\/a>, Kanter has released multiple videos calling out the Chinese Communist regime\u2019s human rights violations, including a video in late October where he called Chinese President Jinping a \u201cheartless dictator.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now as I speak this message, torture, rape, forced abortions, sterilizations, family separations, arbitrary detentions, concentration camps, political reeducation, forced labor,\u201d Kanter said. \u201cThis is all happening right now to more than 1.8 million Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region in northwestern China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUyghurs are a Turkish Muslim ethnic group, native to Uyghur region,\u201d Kanter continued. \u201cThe Chinese government has been taking sweeping measures to crackdown on the Uyghur people simply because they embrace their own religion, their own culture, language, history and identity. The Uyghur region has become an open-air prison<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter has released another statement condemning China for its human rights violations.This time, Kanter spoke about China\u2019s treatment of Taiwan, insisting the island nation is \u201cnot a part of China.\u201dMy message to all freedom supporters watching this today is:We are stronger together.We must all #StandWithTaiwan,support Taiwan, and defend democracy.We must keep Taiwan free and safe.Taiwan belongs to the TAIWANESE people!#IslandOfResilience pic.twitter.com\/r925kNm2fY\u2014 Enes Kanter (@EnesKanter) November 12, 2021\u201cTaiwan is a democratic and free country, and I stand with Taiwan,\u201d Kanter added in a video posted to Twitter. \u201cDid you know that even though Taiwan has their own history, their own government, their own land, their own elections, their own everything, Xi Jinping is stuck in his own world.\u201d\u201c[Jinping] claims Taiwan is a part of China and consistently threatens to invade Taiwan,\u201d Kanter continued. \u201cThe country\u2019s 24 million Taiwanese people just want to live peacefully and freely. They cherish freedom, human rights, and democracy. Taiwan is a force for good.\u201d\u201cWhat the Chinese government is doing to Taiwan is even more proof that Xi Jinping and the Chinese regime are a threat to freedoms everywhere,\u201d Kanter added. \u201cWe see what they are doing to Tibetans, to Uyghurs, Hong Kongers. Taiwan is now at the frontlines against China\u2019s dictatorship.\u201dFinally, Kanter delivered a message to everyone watching: \u201cMy message to all freedom supporters watching this today is we are stronger together. We must all stand with Taiwan, support Taiwan, and defend democracy. We must keep Taiwan free and safe. Taiwan is already independent and I believe and hope the country will be free and democratic forever. The future of Taiwan must be determined by the Taiwanese people.\u201dAs The Daily Wire has reported, Kanter has released multiple videos calling out the Chinese Communist regime\u2019s human rights violations, including a video in late October where he called Chinese President Jinping a \u201cheartless dictator.\u201d\u201cRight now as I speak this message, torture, rape, forced abortions, sterilizations, family separations, arbitrary detentions, concentration camps, political reeducation, forced labor,\u201d Kanter said. \u201cThis is all happening right now to more than 1.8 million Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region in northwestern China.\u201d\u201cUyghurs are a Turkish Muslim ethnic group, native to Uyghur region,\u201d Kanter continued. \u201cThe Chinese government has been taking sweeping measures to crackdown on the Uyghur people simply because they embrace their own religion, their own culture, language, history and identity. The Uyghur region has become an open-air prison and surveillance state where freedoms are non-existent for the Uyghur people.\u201dIn an earlier video, Kanter called out Nike and invited LeBron James and Michael Jordan to visit China\u2019s \u201cslave labor camps.\u201d\u201cYour company says that you\u2019re making a positive impact in our communities,\u201d Kanter said. \u201cAnd that is true. Yes, you are. Here, in the United States, Nike stands with Black Lives Matter. Nike stands with Stop Asian Hate. Nike stands with the Latino community. And Nike stands with the LGBTQ community \u2026 But when it comes to China, Nike remains silent.\u201d\u201cYou do not address [police brutality] in China, you do not speak about discrimination against the LGBTQ community, you do not say a word about the oppression of minorities in China. You are scared to speak up,\u201d he added.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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