Chinese media withdraw Boston Celtics games after center Enes Kanter's "Free Tibet" statements

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Boston Celtics games have been removed from Chinese media after center Enes Kanter tweeted a two-minute video of himself expressing support for Tibet and wearing shoes with the phrase "Free Tibet" in Wednesday night's game. against the New York Knicks. "I am here to add my voice and talk about what is happening in Tibet. Under the brutal Chinese government, the basic rights and freedoms of the Tibetan people are non-existent," Kanter said in the video posted on Twitter and Instagram Wednesday. . He called Chinese President Xi Jinping a "brutal dictator" in the text when he posted the video…

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