Americans know Jackie Chan best for his cheery, acrobatic performances in action movies such as “Rumble in the Bronx” and “Rush Hour,” made successful by his amazing martial artistry and self-effacing comedy. Chinese know Chan, a Hong Kong native, for largely the same reasons. But they also know him for something most Americans might find surprising: He is passionately political, a staunch defender of the Chinese Communist Party and harsh critic of anyone he sees as opposing Beijing. Today, that includes the United States.
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That's what he wants to do, criticizes Communist government "behind the door" but becomes their mouthpiece and feeds propaganda to foreigners outside it. I wonder which version he uses to teach his son, "indoor" or "outdoor"? But I doubt if Jaycee Chan considers himself an American.
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“the misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all” -- Joan Robinson
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Xinhui, the point is no one should praise the Chinese government in any sort of way even if it came from some big mouth actor. Otherwise, he or she will become a communist sympathizer and mouthpiece. The problem is people who portray Jackie as a Communist mouthpiece or fear about the Chinese propaganda should first look at the world today. What kind of propaganda is the dominate ideology? For a communist nation that its number one enemy is the Maoists and its number one problem is wealth poor gap, its actions and reality speak louder than words.
As for Jackie and his son Jaycee Chan,
Jaycee Chan considered himself as an American or not. It is his business, not ours.
As for Jackie, an actor is an actor. He is no politician. People might watch Jackie Chan's movies but very few would give a damn about his views. In HK, people called Jackie as a hypocrite, and making all sort of jokes about him. He got criticized for making many stupid comments. Do people give much weight about Jackie's opinions? next to zero. Do people watch Jackie's movies? Some do.
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In India Jackie Chan has a very big fan following. Indians do like his movies for the comedy he brings in the fight scenes.
So what if he speaks for his country? If he did not, someone would call him a traitor.
However, the demi-God status is reserved for Bruce Lee.
Cheers!...on the rocks!!
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Originally posted by kato View PostUh, excuse me if i raise one question.
When exactly did supporting the government of the PRC become support of communism?
Because the PRC hasn't been even remotely communist since at least 1976.
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Originally posted by hanswu25 View PostBut they still claim to be communists. What could we tell them? That they are just a bunch of fake communist power hunger greedy dictators?
BTW, Ang Lee, on the other way, simply pure class director.
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Jackie Chan, shown here at a comedy show in San Diego, disparaged the United States on a Chinese TV show. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Aaaaah.....the media.
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The Borg... Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01: she can assimilate me anytime. Resistance is not only futile, it is non-existent!
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