Recently, I read an article regarding a Chinese company, Tencent, pulling Boston Celtics games from their streaming services because of the comments of one of the players, Enes Kanter. Kanter voiced his support for the people of Tibet and against the oppressive policies that Xi Jinping, the leader of the CCP, enacted. I find the whole situation extremely interesting because, right now, we live in the golden age of social connectivity. We can message someone across the globe in a span of seconds and receive a response in the same amount of time. There are interactions between people that would have been unthinkable forty years ago. For example, teenagers reaching out to celebrities, asking them to be their prom date. Although it is rare, it still happens. We also have incredibly easy access to voice criticism to just about anything because of social media. Kanter took advantage of his platform and informed his audience (mostly Americans) of the brutality that is occurring across the globe, and the subjects of this criticism responded, although not directly. Personally, this article was very interesting because it highlights the fragility of the Chinese Communist Party. There are so many different corporations that will pander to every whim of the CCP, even though they are thousands of miles away. The major reason of this is revenue. This was not the first instance that a situation of this ilk happened. Another representative of the NBA denounced the CCP and supported the pro-democratic Hong Kong protests, costing the NBA hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. It is sad to see that businesses will protect their assets, rather than human lives. Then again, they are some of the biggest contributors to our climate crisis, so, presumably, it makes sense.