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against the Chinese communist regime and its leader Xi Jinping
(Twitter/@enkants)
Drafting Bles– The Boston Celtics star, Enes edges, During a recent interview he said he was threatened with a prohibition by NBA officials after making public criticisms of the slave labor practices of communist China.
Kanter does not hide his contempt for the Chinese regime and its perverse practices related to the exploitation of religious minorities and political dissidents.. Now he also pressured the NBA and the Nike brand for not supporting him in his criticism of the Chinese Communist Party. (CCP).
But even more serious, Kanter denounced during an interview on CNN, that two unnamed NBA officials demanded that he remove the Free Tibet cleats he was wearing before a game.
He said they later hinted he could be suspended for his attire., despite not violating any NBA policy.
Given the controversial situation, Kanter asked the referees if they considered that he was violating any rules and they admitted that he was not., which motivated the star not to change his sneakers.
Later the officials would have approached to apologize for their attitude., Kanter said in his statements.
This situation made him reflect on whether the NBA was really on his side when he made the decision to speak out against the Chinese regime's treatment of Tibet., Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Uyghurs.
He also accused Nike of telling “a total lie.”” in its claims that China was not using slave labor to produce its products.
Kanter said the NBA encouraged him to speak out about the issues he cared about., and even met to talk with the NBA commissioner, Adam Silver, who reiterated his support by speaking against China. However, the player questioned the word of the league leaders and said he was not sure if he believed them..
“I don't know how much of that is true., because if they were really supporting me, they would have done something. "They would have made some kind of statement.", said.
Regarding the Nike firm, Kanter also said::
“Nike is with Stop Asian Hate. Nike stands with the LGBTQ community. Nike is with the Latin community. But when it comes to China, “Nike remains silent because China is the big boss of Nike”, He added. "Obviously, They won't be able to respond because they know what they are doing wrong.. “They are one of the biggest hypocritical companies in the world.”.
The CNN host again pointed out that Nike publicly denied the use of slave labor in China.
To which Kanter responded that it is “a total lie.”. “Everyone knows that there are so many slave labor camps in China and many other countries that Nike is profiting from”, assured.
Kanter has sparked some controversy in the basketball world after recently publishing a series of videos on his Twitter account where he can be seen issuing strong statements against the Chinese communist regime for its treatment and persecution of Tibetan religious people.
One of them is accompanied by a message that says: “Dear brutal dictator XI JINPING and the Chinese government ¡The Tibet belongs to the Tibetan people!”
Shortly after the tweet posted on Wednesday 20 October, highlights from the Celtics game against the Knicks are no longer available on the Tencent Sports app, Chinese owned, as reported by the media network CNBC.
A few days later, after it emerged that the regime temporarily suspended NBA television broadcasts, The player redoubled his criticism of the regime's genocide against the Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities by writing a tweet that said:
“Ruthless dictator of China, XI JINPING and the Communist Party of China. I'm talking to you in front of the whole world. Close the SLAVE labor camps and free the UIGUR people! ¡Stop the GENOCIDE, now!”
Andrés Vacca – BLes.com
