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CENA TRENDS AFTER APOLOGY TO CHINA, WWE MAIN EVENT HEADLINE BOUT

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John Cena was trending overnight on Twitter after he took to Weibo, a social media platform in China, to apologize for referring to Taiwan as the first country to be able to see F9.  Taiwan is self-governing but China's stance is that Taiwan is part of their country and can be reclaimed by force if needed, so Cena is apologizing so as not to offense the Chinese audience.  That apology then led to a lot of criticism against him on social media for denying Taiwan is its own country.  F9 has been a massive hit thus far in China.

Cena's apology, translated, according to the South China Morning Post - "Hi China, I’m John Cena. I’m in the middle of Fast & Furious 9 promotions. I’m doing a lot of interviews. I made a mistake in one of my interviews, Everyone was asking me if I could use Chinese… the staff [of the movie] gave me a lot of information, so there was a lot of interviews and information.  I made one mistake. I have to say something very, very, important now. I love and respect China and Chinese people. I’m very, very sorry about my mistake. I apologize, I’m very sorry. You must understand that I really love, really respect China and the Chinese people. My apologies. See you."

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