John Cena apologizes to China for calling Taiwan a country
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — John Cena
merry christmas — 4 years ago(May 25, 2021 10:51 PM)
You are supposed to call it a "breakaway province that will be reunited with China in the future" if you are doing business with China. Groveling to the Red Chinese—did we lose a war?
“F9” star John Cena apologized to Chinese fans Tuesday after calling Taiwan a country in a promotional interview, but many viewers in the world’s largest film market have deemed his beseeching appeal for forgiveness insufficient.
Speaking with the Taiwanese news channel TVBS earlier this month, the professional wrestler — who has been learning Chinese for over a decade — said in Mandarin that Taiwan would be the “first country” able to watch the latest installment of the “Fast & Furious” franchise.
In a subtitled, minute-long video message with awkward grammar but relatively good pronunciation, he said: “I must say now, for ‘F9,’ I have done many interviews — many, many many. So in one interview, I had one mistake… The ‘F9’ people gave me a lot of information, so a lot of interviews, a lot of information — I made one mistake.
“What I must say now is very, very, very, very, very, very important: I love and respect China and Chinese people. For my mistake, I really, really apologize. Sorry, sorry, I really apologize. You must understand, I really love and really respect China and Chinese people. I’m sorry.”
https://variety.com/2021/film/news/john-cena-taiwan-china-f9-1234981384/
Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. 