The US basketball player appeared in a promotional video with Taiwan’s vice-president William Lai. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING - Former National Basketball Association star Dwight Howard has triggered a wave of criticism on Chinese social media for calling Taiwan a country in a promotional video with Taiwan’s vice-president.
“Hello everyone, I’m Dwight Howard, and since I have come to Taiwan I have gained a whole new appreciation of this country,” Howard said in the video. China’s insistence that Taiwan is not a country means that the island is excluded from many international organisations and its athletes compete in international tournaments under the banner “Chinese Taipei”.
Vice-President William Lai, a contender in Taiwan’s presidential election next year, appeared with Howard, pretending to be directing the video in which Mr Lai refers to Taiwan as a “free country”.
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