Ex-NBA star Dwight Howard apologizes to China for calling Taiwan a 'country'
Ryan General
Sat, 13 May 2023 at 3:30 am GMT+8
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Former NBA player Dwight Howard apologized to China on Friday after he referred to Taiwan as a country in a promotional video.
Howard, who is playing for the Taoyuan Leopards in the Taiwanese Basketball Association, appeared in a promotional campaign video with Taiwan Vice President William Lai that was posted to Twitter on Thursday.
"Hello everyone, I’m Dwight Howard and since I came to Taiwan, I’ve gained a whole new appreciation of this country," Howard said in the clip. "This place makes me feel so much love and I experience so much hospitality with [a] friendly and great living environment with such a great diverse culture."
The video invites tourists to spend a night at the Presidential Office Building in Taipei. Lai, a contender in Taiwan’s presidential election next year, refers to Taiwan as a “free country” at one point in the video.
