Live Bar News on May 17, Howard co-filmed a promotional film with William Lai and called Taiwan, China as a “country”. Howard also apologized for his remarks.
Today, Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, was interviewed by global network reporters. In the interview, the reporter asked: “when former NBA player Howard co-filmed a promotional film with William Lai recently, he called Taiwan a ‘nation’, causing controversy. Do you have any comments on this?”
Ma Xiaoguang responded: “There is only one China in the world. Taiwan is a part of China and has never been a country. This is the general consensus and basic common sense of the international community. Relevant people should understand this common sense and make up more lessons. The DPP authorities used various means to spare no effort to advocate and create “Taiwan independence”, which was just a farce.”