[Commentary] China Cuts Off NBA Game After Player Boldly Uses T-Shirt to Jab 'Brutal Dictator' Xi When an NBA player decided to send a message to the Chinese government about repression, it didn’t take long for Beijing to prove his point. A Chinese telecom giant pulled the plug Wednesday on the season-opening game between the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks in a display of raw censorship that should make clear to the National Basketball League and every one of its fans exactly what kind of dictatorship it’s dealing with when it kowtows to China. The only question is...