EXCERPTS BELOW FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE:
John Cena Apologizes to China for Calling Taiwan a Country.
John Cena, the professional wrestler and a star of “F9,” the latest installment in the “Fast and Furious” franchise, apologized to fans in China on Tuesday after he referred to Taiwan as a country while giving a promotional interview.
Joining a long list of celebrities and companies that have profusely apologized after taking an errant step through China’s political minefields, Mr. Cena posted a video apology in Mandarin on Weibo, a Chinese social network.
....That list would include Gap, which in 2018 created a T-shirt that omitted Taiwan, parts of Tibet and islands in the South China Sea from a map of China on the shirt’s design. The luxury brands Versace, Givenchy and Coach said in 2019 they all made mistakes when they produced T-shirts that identified Hong Kong and Macau as countries.
“Versace reiterates that we love China deeply, and resolutely respect China’s territory and national sovereignty,” the company said in a statement at the time.
....China ordered 36 airlines to remove references to Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong as separate countries.
....The N.B.A. struggled to contain a fierce backlash when Daryl Morey, then the general manager of the Houston Rockets, tweeted in support of the Hong Kong protests in 2019. (LeBron James, one of basketball’s biggest stars, offered a China-friendly response, saying Mr. Morey “wasn’t educated on the situation at hand” by supporting the protesters.)
...Movie studios often preemptively ensure their content won’t run a foul of Chinese censors, a practice once mocked by “South Park.”
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SO LET'S SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT:
RUSSIA CONTROLS THE GOP AND OUR ELECTIONS.
CHINA CONTROLS HOLLYWOOD, THE NBA, AND AD SALES.
...AND IN THE U.S. WE HAVE AMERICANS DEFENDING A U.S. REP. WHO
COMPARES COVID VACCINATIONS TO THE HOLOCAUST.
TO FUTURE GENERATIONS- "CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU MADE READ IN HISTORY BOOKS: AT THIS TIME, NOT ALL OF HUMANITY CONSISTED OF SELF-CENTERED, UNEDUCATED, FASCIST BUFFOONS WHOSE MENTAL PROCESSES DID NOT ADVANCE AFTER THE AGE OF TWELVE."
