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Made to look like a weenie, John Cena won't recover from China apology
National Post ^ | May 27, 2021 | Colby Cosh

Posted on 05/26/2021 1:07:06 PM PDT by rickmichaels

I’m afraid there’s no way back for John Cena, the ex-pro-wrestler and action-movie star who had to grovel before the People’s Republic of China Tuesday. While visiting Taiwan, Cena had done an appearance on the Taiwanese commercial broadcasting network TVBS, and he had boasted in Mandarin — perhaps following a poorly written script? — that Taiwan would be the “first country” to get to see F9, the newest installment of the Fast & Furious car-racing film epic.

This ticked off millions of people instantly, and he had to make a short online video apologizing, again in Mandarin, for his slipup.

Cena appeared glum, almost heartbroken as he chattered away about how sorry he was. “I love and respect China and the Chinese people,” he said. “I’m very, very sorry about my mistake. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I sincerely apologize. You must understand that I really love and respect China and the Chinese people. I’m sorry.” His Mandarin is said to have been pretty good, and supposedly Cena began studying the language before there was any thought of him being a second-tier Hollywood action hero.

Cena had defied the PRC’s great territorial taboo, referring to a part of greater China as an independent country. The mainlanders are particularly fussy about Taiwan, which was colonized by nationalist refugees from the mainland after the 1949 communist victory in the civil war. Taiwan, of course, is now what we would refer to in English, uncontroversially, as an independent country with its own government. But until recently the two countries had established a diplomatic balance based on the fiction that they are each the legitimate rulers of all of China.

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Cena is a wholly owned subsidiary b*tch of China.
1 posted on 05/26/2021 1:07:06 PM PDT by rickmichaels
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Don’t support his dumb movie.


2 posted on 05/26/2021 1:08:56 PM PDT by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do)
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Not to mention an abject coward. What a disgusting specimen.
3 posted on 05/26/2021 1:12:22 PM PDT by LIConFem (Don't drain the swamp. Just fill it with hungry gators. )
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Cena is a wholly owned b*tch of China.

Here we see Xi installing a rear seat for Cena to sit on.

4 posted on 05/26/2021 1:12:24 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: rickmichaels

wuss


5 posted on 05/26/2021 1:13:57 PM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: rickmichaels
The movies are so mindless that only a non English speaker could follow them. Like much of the ‘Avengers’ Series & many of the other ‘Action’ films of today, few are the least bit realistic or even have a comprehensible story line.

No I don't believe that Angelina Jolie could single hand-idly beat up a highly trained male assassin & certainly not a dozen at one time. She weighs about 110 pounds for heaven's sake!

6 posted on 05/26/2021 1:15:16 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign! )
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To: Guenevere

Between Cena and The Rock’s love fest for the current admin, I think I’ll have to pass on F9 and I enjoy the Fast & Furious franchise.


7 posted on 05/26/2021 1:16:25 PM PDT by DallasGal (Le temps fuit sans retour )
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Trying to remember John’s role in the Soprano’s...

I think he played the part of .... Big Pussy.


8 posted on 05/26/2021 1:16:42 PM PDT by Herodes
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he's gonna cut out a kidney for an encore
9 posted on 05/26/2021 1:17:12 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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broadcasting network TV”BS” - how appropriate!


10 posted on 05/26/2021 1:18:16 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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John ChiComSymp Cena.


11 posted on 05/26/2021 1:19:05 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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John ChiComSymp Cena.


12 posted on 05/26/2021 1:19:05 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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Now he can freely whore himself out in ChiCom land.


13 posted on 05/26/2021 1:20:50 PM PDT by Az Joe (FREE CHAUVIN!)
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To: rickmichaels

I remember the days when an American didn’t kowtow to anyone.


14 posted on 05/26/2021 1:23:34 PM PDT by HandyDandy
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Cena, get off your knees and wipe your chin


15 posted on 05/26/2021 1:24:13 PM PDT by Boston Blackie (All hail China Joe & the Lying Ho.)
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Watched Tyrus last night on Gutfeld’s Show defending Cena.

Apparently former Pro Wrestlers stick together like DEMONCRATS do.

They are Friends, so I would have respected Tyrus if he just said “no comment”, but he didn’t.


16 posted on 05/26/2021 1:25:14 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Kill a Commie for your Mommy.)
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“I’m very, very sorry about my mistake. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I sincerely apologize. You must understand that I really love and respect China and the Chinese people. I’m sorry.”

Wow - this is epic groveling. The Chinese know a good kowtow when they see it, Cena deserves some kind of award for his.


17 posted on 05/26/2021 1:26:15 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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That...is probably the oldest pic of 0bowmao, bowing, that I’ve ever seen 😉


18 posted on 05/26/2021 1:28:02 PM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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To: Jim from C-Town

Yeah, but she looks great doing it......


19 posted on 05/26/2021 1:30:35 PM PDT by nevergore (I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
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“Watched Tyrus last night on Gutfeld’s Show defending Cena.

Apparently former Pro Wrestlers stick together like DEMONCRATS do.”

Very distressed to read that. You’re right, should have left it at “no comment.”


20 posted on 05/26/2021 1:32:35 PM PDT by cld51860 (We’re doomed.)
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