Last November, the US NBA star Horwars developed in Taiwan developed in November last year.(DWIGHT Howard) Recently cooperated with Taiwan Vice President Lai Qingde to shoot a promotional short film.
Howard described Taiwan as a "country" in the film. After the short film was exposed, it was bombarded by mainland Internet people and put on "Taiwan independence" hat for Howard.
The "Howard Taiwan Independence" entry on Friday (May 12) rushed to Weibo to search for the second time, and the number of reading reached 390 million times.
Howard the short film of Howard
The short film in the accident was Howard's invitation to be invited by the Taiwan Chinese Culture Federation.
At the beginning of the short film, Howard, wearing a checkered shirt, held a basketball and exposed the iconic smile.This country has a brand new understanding. "
Then, Howard praised Taiwan's friendly and beautiful environment and multiple culture, and invited everyone to visit the Taiwan government as an ambassador.
Lai Qingde, who played the director in the film, corrected him and said: It is not only visiting, but inviting everyone to live in the Presidential Palace for one night.Howard asked exaggeratedly: "Can I really live in the Presidential Palace? This is not even legal in my country." Lai Qingde responded with a smile: "This is why Taiwan is a free country."
For mainland netizens, this short film that is less than two minutes is full of thunder points.The first is Howard directly referred to Taiwan as a "country"; secondly, many netizens also pointed out that Howard chose Lai Qingde, who claimed to be "pragmatic Taiwan independence workers", is a kind of attitude, let alone Lai Qingde is still in the film.It also emphasized that "Taiwan is a free country."
"Howard Taiwan Independence" and "Howard Apology" are on the hot search.In the second place, a Chinese official media ring net article criticized Howard's remarks to receive more than 30,000 likes. Netizens also swarmed to the comment area to leave a message, which is evident to the disappointment and anger of Howard.
Some netizens leave a message to accuse Howard of "not talking about giving a lot of money", and netizens said, "From the beginning of playing in Taiwan, there is no bottom line.""Doing to death", "I don't have to want to come to the mainland in the future."
The official account of the Sina Chinese Basketball Section issued a text in the morning that Howard came to China to make a living, but there was no basic bottom line consciousness. The short film of Taiwan independence with Taiwan independence Lai Qingde was tantamount to jumping beam clown.
The Mainland Media's Extreme News Posted a comment article scolding Howard, "No matter how much money is, you can't talk nonsense."
Howard, nicknamed "Warcraft", announced on November 8 last year that he joined the Taoyuan Cloud Leopard of Taiwan T1 Alliance, but in the past six months, Howard, who was unwilling to appear in Taiwan's entertainment lace news in the past six months.
He uses his celebrity effect to walk in major social occasions, and enjoy the colorful life of Taiwan as a "international friend".The Taiwanese government chose Howard as a propaganda ambassador, and maybe it was fancy.
The Howard Stadium has a poor record but took pictures of the red beauties from all walks of life, which made him seal by Taiwanese fans and the media. His word of mouth fell.At this time, Taiwan officially extended an olive branch, and the two sides naturally took a picture.
But Howard may not expect that his cooperation with the Taiwan government will step on the minefield of mainland netizens.
Chinese official media Beijing Daily published a comment article pointed out that Howard was brought into the ditch by "Taiwan independence". He "obviously did not realize what consequences would have such words and deeds that lack basic political knowledge."
Howard responded to the Taiwanese media on Friday that the original intention of filming did not want to hurt anyone, and he apologized for this.On the afternoon, "Howard apologized and argued" again on Weibo.
Howard's "debate" is: "Country" sometimes refers to the "country". From one place to another, they will also use "Country". This is how they speak.
This explanation even triggered the controversy of mainland netizens on three English words of "Country", "State", "National".
For the on -board search list on the mainland Weibo, Howard said that he is not a politician, does not want to involve any political topics, and has freedom of speech.He said that he had traveled to many places in China (mainland) and enjoyed the days in Taiwan. He respected all Chinese and Taiwanese.
The Liangzi formed by the NBA with mainland China
Howard is not the first NBA star to complain to mainland Chinese netizens.As early as October 2019, Mori Fa, the general manager of the NBA Houston Rockets, supported the Hong Kong anti -repair campaign, triggered dissatisfaction in mainland Chinese fans and set off a wave of resisting the NBA.
Subsequently, Xiao Hua, president of the NBA, voiced to support Mo Lei's "freedom of speech", which directly led to the timely suspension of the NBA preseason (Chinese competition) in China.In the past few years, the NBA has completely disappeared from the list of CCTV Sports Channel.
The NBA, which was originally in the golden period of commercial expansion in China at that time, was severely damaged.China CCTV announced immediately to investigate all cooperation and exchanges involving the NBA.Tencent, the Chinese exclusive Internet NBA broadcaster, also announced the suspension of the Rockets' live broadcast and information report.
Chinese netizens described: "Sterne (former NBA president) has been rolling in the door of 30 years of opening, and the bridge built by Yao Ming was closed for three days. Xiao Hua returned to it.Add a lock. "
In his own base camp, the NBA was accused of being accused of" being driving a reverse "by the US Republican senator Ted Cruz, which can be described as the enemy.
The New York Times summarized in an article that the NBA in the United States also attacked because of her humble knees, and foreign companies frequently touched political thunder in China.
Just as Mo Lei and XiaoWhen Hua's storm is coming to an end, the NBA player Enes Kanter began to fire in China at the end of 2021, expressing the support of "Free Tibet" and Hong Kong demonstrations.The Chinese government stopped the "Uighurs forced labor" and called on athletes to resist the Beijing Winter Olympics last January.
Yao Ming, chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, who has a deep source of NBA, responded at a event at the Beijing Winter Olympics that if there is a chance, he hopes to invite Kanter to China. "ThisIt will give him a more comprehensive understanding of China. "
From the response from the interview with the American CNN since Kanter, Yao Ming's suggestion does not seem to work.Indeed, the lack of communication and mutual trust between China and the United States appears deeper and deeper, can it be a "visit to China" and can fill it.
As the earliest American Sports Alliance that entered the Chinese market, the NBA still has great expectations for China's potential market full of potential markets, but today, the competition between China and the United States is becoming increasingly hot, whether it is a line of NBA stars., Or a Twitter of the NBA management, may be amplified into a choice or even a one -oriented standing team.
After being stopped by the NBA by the NBA, Xiao Hua said that it is difficult to distinguish the geopolitical issues that occur between China and the United States with the NBA.Similar to the challenges faced by many multinational companies, the NBA, who was once respected by Chinese fans and represents the American spiritual culture, has also begun to realize that now it is sandwiched between the two major powers. If you want to maintain the subtle balance of the market and values, you need to master more.Complex survival rules.
