{"id":905780,"date":"2021-10-21T12:14:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T16:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=905780"},"modified":"2021-10-21T12:14:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T16:14:33","slug":"celtics-games-pulled-in-china-after-enes-kanters-message-for-brutal-dictator-of-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celtics-games-pulled-in-china-after-enes-kanters-message-for-brutal-dictator-of-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics Games Pulled In China After Enes Kanter\u2019s Message For \u2018Brutal Dictator Of China\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fceltics-games-pulled-in-china-after-enes-kanters-message-for-brutal-dictator-of-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=905780&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>The Boston Celtics opened their 2021-2022 regular season at Madison Square Garden against the New York Knicks Wednesday night.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was a thrilling game, with Marcus Smart of the Celtics forcing overtime with a three-pointer as time expired in regulation before the Knicks outlasted the Celtics 138-134 in double overtime.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It could also be the last Celtics game available in China for some time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Boston center Enes Kanter posted a video to his Twitter account, calling on the Chinese government to \u201cFree Tibet.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy message to the Chinese government is free Tibet,\u201d Kanter wrote. \u201cTibet belongs to Tibetans. I am here to add my voice and speak out against what is happening in Tibet under the Chinese government\u2019s brutal rule, Tibetans people\u2019s basic rights and freedoms are non existent.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI say, shame on the Chinese government,\u201d Kanter continued. \u201cThe Chinese dictatorship is erasing Tibetan identity and culture. The cultural genocide is so genocide, that more than 150 Tibetan people have burned themselves alive, hoping that such a horrific act of sacrafive will raise awareness and attention towards the ongoing abuses within Tibet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrutal dictator of China, Xi Jinping, I have a message for you and your henchmen,\u201d he said in the video. \u201cFree Tibet, free Tibet, free Tibet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear Brutal Dictator XI JINPING and the Chinese Government<\/p>\n<p>Tibet belongs to the Tibetan people!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeTibet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeTibet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/To4qWMXK56\">pic.twitter.com\/To4qWMXK56<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Enes Kanter (@EnesKanter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EnesKanter\/status\/1450869180283203589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>China seized control of Tibet in 1951.<\/p>\n<p>The reaction in communist China was swift, with Chinese streaming service Tencent \u2014 which has partnered with the NBA \u2014 cutting the live feed of the Celtics vs Knicks game. On Thursday, future Celtics games were marked as unavailable to be live-streamed, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/21\/sports\/basketball\/celtics-kanter-china-tibet.html\">The New York Times<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, the NBA ran afoul of the Chinese government when Daryl Morey \u2014 then the general manager of the Houston Rockets \u2014 voiced his support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Morey\u2019s message instantly ignited outrage from China\u2019s communist government, which moved to end its relationship with the Rockets. The NBA quickly went into damage control mode, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAPR\/status\/1181007400729489409\/\">saying<\/a> that the \u201cviews expressed by Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey have deeply offended many of our friends and fans in China, which is regrettable.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>LeBron James weighed in, criticizing Morey for not being \u201ceducated on the situation.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to get into a \u2026 feud with Daryl Morey, but I believe he wasn\u2019t educated on the situation at hand and he spoke,\u201d James <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nba-executive-morey-doubles-down-on-pro-hong-kong-support\">said<\/a>. \u201cSo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Celtics opened their 2021-2022 regular season at Madison Square Garden against the New York Knicks Wednesday night.\u00a0It was a thrilling game, with Marcus Smart of the Celtics forcing overtime with a three-pointer as time expired in regulation before the Knicks outlasted the Celtics 138-134 in double overtime.\u00a0It could also be the last Celtics game available in China for some time.\u00a0On Wednesday, Boston center Enes Kanter posted a video to his Twitter account, calling on the Chinese government to \u201cFree Tibet.\u201d\u00a0\u201cMy message to the Chinese government is free Tibet,\u201d Kanter wrote. \u201cTibet belongs to Tibetans. I am here to add my voice and speak out against what is happening in Tibet under the Chinese government\u2019s brutal rule, Tibetans people\u2019s basic rights and freedoms are non existent.\u201d\u00a0\u201cI say, shame on the Chinese government,\u201d Kanter continued. \u201cThe Chinese dictatorship is erasing Tibetan identity and culture. The cultural genocide is so genocide, that more than 150 Tibetan people have burned themselves alive, hoping that such a horrific act of sacrafive will raise awareness and attention towards the ongoing abuses within Tibet.\u201d\u201cBrutal dictator of China, Xi Jinping, I have a message for you and your henchmen,\u201d he said in the video. \u201cFree Tibet, free Tibet, free Tibet.\u201dDear Brutal Dictator XI JINPING and the Chinese GovernmentTibet belongs to the Tibetan people!#FreeTibet pic.twitter.com\/To4qWMXK56\u2014 Enes Kanter (@EnesKanter) October 20, 2021China seized control of Tibet in 1951.The reaction in communist China was swift, with Chinese streaming service Tencent \u2014 which has partnered with the NBA \u2014 cutting the live feed of the Celtics vs Knicks game. On Thursday, future Celtics games were marked as unavailable to be live-streamed, according to The New York Times. \u00a0In 2019, the NBA ran afoul of the Chinese government when Daryl Morey \u2014 then the general manager of the Houston Rockets \u2014 voiced his support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.\u00a0Morey\u2019s message instantly ignited outrage from China\u2019s communist government, which moved to end its relationship with the Rockets. The NBA quickly went into damage control mode, saying that the \u201cviews expressed by Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey have deeply offended many of our friends and fans in China, which is regrettable.\u201d\u00a0LeBron James weighed in, criticizing Morey for not being \u201ceducated on the situation.\u201d\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t want to get into a \u2026 feud with Daryl Morey, but I believe he wasn\u2019t educated on the situation at hand and he spoke,\u201d James said. \u201cSo many people could have been harmed, not only financially, but physically, emotionally, and spiritually,\u201d James continued. \u201cSo, just be careful what we tweet and say and what we do even though, yes, we do have freedom of speech there can be a lot of negatives that comes with that too.\u201dKanter, who is from Turkey, has been highly critical of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in recent years. The Turkish government has issued nine warrants for his arrest, including for defamation and terrorism. Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to\u00a0sports@dailywire.com.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-905780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}