cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/historyphotos/p/1150640/1989-actor-and-martial-arts-star-jackie-chan-at-the-benefit-concert-in-hong-kong-in-support
Sadly Jackie has betrayed the people of Hong Kong. In 2009 he stated “I’m not sure if it’s good to have freedom or not.”. He also said he was “beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled.”
Isn’t he some spokesperson for the CCP?
Yep, he’s changed his tune significantly. There’s accusations of them getting leverage on him through his family, but his own personal convictions outside geopolitics are also pretty reprehensible in recent years, so either the CCP hand is so far up his ass we can’t see the elbow anymore, or he’s changed.
His son got caught with drugs and faced death penalty.
Wait, if that’s true and why he’s said pro ccp bs then I feel like he’s being judged too harshly.
Most people here don’t understand what it’s like to live under such governments. Sometimes you really have no choice. I don’t know about chan, but it might be the case.
If he’s that rich and famous then why couldn’t he just get his family out of the country?
I mean I know the CCP polices the Chinese diaspora worldwide, but it would at least be somewhat better to be outside their legal jurisdiction…
Yeah just hike over the Himalayas to safety, how hard can it be
Hey if Batman can find Lau in Hong Kong and extradite him we should be able to rescue Jackie Chan.
Last I heard, his parents lived in Canberra.
They say you should never meet your heros…
Are there any Chinese mega-celebs that are anti-CCP (that are actually able to return)?
Pick one or the other…
Chow Yun-fat
He is a treasure, always my god of gambling.
Kompromat.
Yeah he fell in after what they did to Alibaba’s billionaire Jack Ma
When it’s financially beneficial to support the current regime, it’s normal to have celebrities singing the same tune, more so for the one that will prosecute for speaking out.
A lot has changed (read: improved) in the CCP since 1989.
Regardless… Given my own country’s precipitous descent into full-on fascism, I’m not going to begrudge Chinese-born celebrities for doing PR for their homeland. Sorry, just don’t really care.
China is already in full fascism, so soon we will be just like them. Just sub out the party for billionaires