John Cena is a former WWE wrestler and wanna-be movie star trying to follow in the footsteps of Dwayne Johnson (and Dave Batista), but has failed to be in one major movie. In the WWE, Cena's character was basically an All-American, wannabe Marine. Good Guy.
Cena is supposed to be in The Fast and the Furious 9 (yeah, they're up to NINE of these stupid movies!) and The Suicide Squad this year. He was doing press and China (and has been sucking up to them for a LONG TIME) and referred to Taiwan as a country.
Taiwan 100% IS a full-fledged country, and a fine one at that, but China has been trying to invade it and absorb it into the mainland for a long time, now. China (and only China) considers Taiwan to be "a section of China," so referring to Taiwan as a country offended China. Or possibly fake-offended China and they're possibly just doing this to troll and get a "major" US celebrity to grovel to them and look powerful.
Cena publicly apologized to the Chinese Communist Party for speaking the fact of Taiwan being a country, while throwing Taiwan, and by proxy, the United States and other nations under the bus. Cena has been sucking up to China for a long-time now, as he's even learned Mandarin. So Cena not only apologized, but did so in Mandarin, making it especially pathetic and spineless. Cena's whole career was built on being an American role model, so this is seen as being traitorous and spineless to his whole persona and all the fans he's built up over the years.
China loathes the US, and pretty much, the rest of the world as well, and wants to see the US fall. So Cena's "apology" literally only placates the Chinese Communist Party (and studios financially owned by them).
Here's the funny thing: China doesn't care about the apology. They're already planning to not show Fast 9, or even The Suicide Squad. So Cena burned bridges at both ends now, and has pissed off everyone.TL;DR: Cena grovels to China at the expense of the rest of the world, all for nothing.
John Cena got what was coming to him for sucking up to China and betraying his home country and the rest of the West.
John Cena didn't deserve to be "cancelled" by China.
I don't care.
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John Cena gets cancelled by China and burns his bridges on both ends. What do you think about this?
I'm very disappointed in him, he's done make a wish for so many people, had a very successful career in the WWE, and seemed like a very well rounded good, strong man. In this, he's getting on his knees for the CCP as if saying Taiwan is it's own independent country (I believe it is) is a big deal at all but the CCP kills people for disagreeing with them in their country and he's scared of them? Look at those biceps, he has nothing to be afraid of them for and he has every reason besides financial ones to stand up to them and for America, yet he did the exact opposite even going as far as saying it in Mandarin. Come on, Cena, you're so much better than this.
Absolutely pathetic sellout bootlicking by this guy, though it is pretty gratifying to see him getting roasted by all sides for it. It would be pathetic for any actor but this guy made his career playing the rah-rah America, support the troops, make-a-wish granting superhero. Here's hoping he has no choice but to go crawling back to wrestling and eats a few non-pulled punches from some of those guys.
I thought the whole situation is just stupid. And how about you separate opinion from facts...
Like I don't know how learning mandarin means he support communism. And I think John was just trying to be respectful and probably over reached.
John likes Chinese culture go watch some of his old videos where he actually went on vacation there and can speak Mandarin. I mean unless traveling and eating their food automatically means you want to see the US burn...
Honestly this is no different than some people to this day that still think Africa is a country than a continent.
Yeah people need to cut it out with cancel culture bs.
You're strawmanning. And also missing the fact that he threw Taiwan under the bus to appease the Chinese Communist Party. Make no mistake, the CCP is not the same as the Chinese citizens (the CCP kills their own citizens just for fun, whether they be Uighur Muslims or just people who disagree).
Him being respectful to the CCP by shitting on 24 million people (in Mandarin, no less), as well as the US and all those the CCP wants to destroy, after he made a career out of being an "All American Good Guy" is not the same thing. He shit on Taiwan, and by proxy, his own country, just for money.
I don't want to see him canceled, but it's such a spineless, cowardly, weaselly thing to do, and has no basis in respecting. I get the whole "people's families could be affected if China pulls out" sob story one could try to make. But no; you don't do good by doing harm to others, especially when it's "doing good" by communists. He could've just as easily had his agent or the studio make an apology on his behalf.
And like I said, the CCP likely isn't angry, anyway. They did this as leverage and to make an American look weak to them in the public eye. And they likely won't forgive him anyway or show Fast and Furious 9 in China. It makes Cena look like a cowardly bitch and sellout, on all sides.
I think they should have accepted his apology. Being American, or from a particular country does not obligate a person to hate another country just because doing so is popular. I however suspect that China would have avoided showing those movies regardless of whether Cena was in them or not (Do they show the other fast and Furious movies there?).
Taiwan is not a country. Every country (including the U. S. A) that has diplomatic relations with China officially declares that there is one China and does not recognize Taiwan as separate from China. Taiwan itself does not recognize the mainland, and claims all of China as it's territory. By calling Taiwan a country, what John Cena did was essentially recognize a secessionist movement, in the same way as if he had referred to Catalonia, Kurdistan, Nagorno-Karabakh, Scotland, Chechnya, or (more famously today;) Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk, as countries. The controlling nation would (rightfully) be offended.
@GermanGuy87 Unfortunately, that's not how it works. China is a nuclear power. If the U. S. directly gets involved in a Chinese reunification war, it will likely lead to a nuclear war between the U. S and China; something that both countries don't want, but something the U. S. will certainly not risk just to save an island far away from it's home (assuming Congress even allows this war in the first place). This is not Israel we're talking about. The U. S. also does not officially recognize Taiwan as a country, which means that direct involvement will be viewed as an invasion (a discussion that might also slow down Congressional green-lighting of interference in Taiwan).
Finally, it is common knowledge that being a democracy does not mean that the U. S. will support a country. Like other countries, the U. S. acts to further its own interests. There have been many cases of U. S. support of dictators, as well as its interference over democratic election results that ran counter to U. S. interests (See Italy, Chile, Iran and others in the Cold war era, and Saudi Arabia, Turkey, etc. today).
My father taught me to never apologize for something unless I meant harm by it. So he called Taiwan a country. Big fucking deal. He should have told China to fuck off.
Tried to play the political game and just like a politician, ended up pleasing mostly no-one...
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John Cena did not get canceled actually. yes, he got pegged by china and his bosses. but so did a good portion of American companies. John Cena is being American and being Americans mean being a capitalist and being a whore for money. \ \america only cares about money if America has to suck some dick or sell its people out to get money well do it;that's why all of our jobs are In china
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This is exactly why you don't apologize. These are not people who accept apologies. Forgiveness isn't part of their style. Even if it was, you shouldn't be capitulating to China.
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