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You have a very loose definition of the word 'defending'.
John Cena is not a political actor. He is a company man. He is staying out of the politics of a foreign nation by just apologizing and bowing out of the conversation.
That is not "defending" Chinese nationalists. It isn't "shitting on" Taiwan. It's staying out of it.
The framing of your whole argument makes it impossible to have a straight, matter of fact conversation about China, because if someone is not shitting on China, then that means they are "defending" them in your eyes.
How China treats its minorities, and the relationship between China and Taiwan are entirely different subjects. This issue with Cena is about Taiwan.
There are only 15 nations that recognize Taiwan as a sovereign state, and the United States isn't one of those nations.
At the end of the day, John Cena isn't going to go to war with the state of China. He isn't going to tank his career and bring that heat down on him, Hollywood, and the rest of America.
As a matter of fact, it might not even be good for the people of Taiwan for him to open his mouth about it because it could provoke China into actually acting. And we all know that the US isn't going to go to war over Taiwan.
Any serious action and discussion needs to be had by serious people. Lebron James, John Cena, Snookie, and Ja Rule have no business yapping about the internal politics of foreign states.
By agreeing with the Chinese position that Taiwan is not a country, he is defending them. By apologizing to the Chinese nationalists for calling Taiwan a country, he is shitting on Taiwan.
Cena is pandering to China, a regime that is genociding minorities and being imperialistic.
China is not going to invade just because some c-lister like Cena says Taiwan is a country.
So what if China boycotts Hollywood? Hollywood should boycott China. People like Cena are part of the problem, because they are the ones enabling regimes like the CCP to carry on doing business.