“How about I book plane tickets for us and let's fly to China together,” Kanter tweeted on Tuesday tagging Nike, James and Jordan. but apparent silence on human rights in China.

Kanter has put Nike, and Nike-sponsored basketball superstars LeBron James and Michael Jordan, in his crosshairs - drawing a stark contrast for their support for social justice and anti-hate movements in the U.S. “We are in every right to point out how hypocritical those brands, factories and companies that - on one hand, they are trying to sell more sneakers, by fakely chanting ‘Black Lives Matter’ but on the other hand, the same issue, racism, it’s even worse, it’s genocide happening in China against minorities there, and they become silent,” he said. “Stop genocide, torture, rape, slave labor,” the shoes read.īadiucao said his collaboration with Kanter is focused on calling out Western companies that may be benefiting from China’s oppression of the Uyghurs. Other shoes include paintings of handcuffed and blindfolded men, representing Uyghurs, covered with red-barbed wire. The shoes that have so far been revealed include stark white basketball sneakers with what resembles splatters of blood along with black letters reading “Hypocrite Nike” and “Modern Day Slave.” He said the shoe manufacturer they used is not associated with China but declined to name the brand. That’s why Winnie the Pooh – the lovely little yellow bear – serves perfectly to dissolve this power from the Chinese government.'īadiucao said he was introduced to Kanter through a mutual friend and brought together for the shoe project. “We’re trying to laugh at authoritarian regimes like China, and make fun of it. “I think satire art has this very interesting power,” Badiucao said in a phone interview from Brescia, Italy, where his upcoming exhibit has come under attack from the Chinese government, who have called for Italian officials to cancel the show. The affable children’s stuffed-bear was censored in China after it gained popularity as a way to mock Xi. Some of his most notable pieces include depicting Winnie the Pooh as a gun turret on a tank or a hunting trophy mounted on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s wall. The artist is a high-profile target of the Chinese government for his satirical political art. “Enes Kanter has this idea that human rights is a universal value, which means that we need to support each other,” said Badiucao, who was born in Shanghai but lives in exile in Australia, where he is a citizen. Kanter’s profile in the NBA and his outspoken advocacy for human rights, specifically related to his home country Turkey, has made him a celebrity for oppressed groups, a partner for lawmakers and a target of foreign governments. In January, the State Department determined that China is committing genocide against the Uyghurs and other minority groups, particularly in the country’s Xinjiang province.

Nike has previously said it conducts strict oversight of its manufacturing in China to ensure its not contributing to Beijing’s state-sponsored oppression against the Uyghurs. On Monday, he posted a video to Twitter accusing Nike of being complicit in China’s genocide against the Uyghur Muslim community. Kanter has worn the shoes on the court - leading to Celtic’s games reportedly censored in China – and promoted them on his social media. The slogans he painted on three pairs of sneakers include 'End Slave Labor Now' and 'Free Tibet.' Badiucao's work is part of a campaign to raise awareness of human rights abuses by the Chinese Communist Party. Badiucao is one of a number of artists who are producing protest shoes for the Swiss-born, Turkish basketball player.

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