Tencent pulls Boston Celtics after Enes Kanter criticises Xi Jinping over Tibet | South China Morning Post

Tencent, which has exclusive streaming rights for NBA games in China, has stopped streaming Boston Celtics games online following centre Enes Kanter's criticism of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Kanter had posted a video message to his social media in which he called Chinese Communist Party leader Xi a "brutal dictator" . The centre also wore shoes with the words "Free Tibet" emblazoned on them at the team's season opener against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. The highlights of the game have since been removed from the streaming platform and it appears that future Celtics games are unavailable…