Enes Kanter Freedom is prepared to visit China, but only if he can see 'the real China'

By George Ramsay, CNN

Updated 0300 GMT (1100 HKT) January 20, 2022

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(CNN)NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom says he would accept a visit to China — as long as he gets to see «the real China,» rather than «propaganda.»

On Monday, at a press conference in Beijing, former NBA player Yao Ming had been asked about Freedom's recent activism. Yao, now president of the state-affiliated Chinese Basketball Association, responded: «If there is an opportunity, I would like to invite him to visit China ...Then he may have a more comprehensive understanding of us.»Freedom — the Boston Celtics center who officially changed his last name in November — is outspoken about human rights and has used his social media presence to criticize China's