Dwight Howard, who last played for the L.A. Lakers in 2022, has walked back his description of Taiwan as a “country” after Chinese criticism.
Dwight Howard, who last played for the L.A. Lakers in 2022 and has since joined the Taoyuan Leopards of Taiwan’s T1 League, has walked back his description of Taiwan as a “country” in the face of Chinese outrage.
“Since I’ve come to Taiwan, I’ve gained a whole new appreciation of this country,” he says in the video. “This place makes me feel so much love, and I experience so much hospitality with a friendly and greatly living environment with such a great diverse culture.” He is now claiming that there was a “communications” snafu and that he was not exactly calling Taiwan a “country.”
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