this for diplomatic rel ic reas. taiwan is an independent country, a functioning, healthy democracy for many decades. the u.s. sells it billions of dollars in weapons and sails its aircraft carriers to demonstrate we view it as a state that should stay independent. that s the background. hollywood s business is dependent on the chinese market. there s a reason why you see chinese actors, chinese scenes, chinese story lines in many big hollywood blockbuster films. look at megaladon. it had a chinese star. one of the heroes. the great wall. the martian had a chinese hero story there as well because they need chinese people to buy tickets to see the movies. it s a big part of their business. john cena is not alone in hollywood. he did it in the clearest, most grovelly way possible but it exposes that essential compromise there, right? and it also matters, by the way, that we know what china is