Protests as Jackie Chan arrives in Taiwan (Chicom cheerleader dissed)

AFP ^ | 06/18/08

[TigerLikesRooster]

Protests as Jackie Chan arrives in Taiwan

Wed Jun 18, 12:38 PM ET

Kung fu hero Jackie Chan arrived in Taipei Wednesday amid a protest over controversial remarks he made four years ago on the island's presidential elections.

Scores of protesters shouted "Jackie Chan, get out" as the Hong Kong actor, having arrived aboard a private jet, was escorted by bodyguards and local police out of the international airport near Taipei.

[eastforker]

One other thing. I do not want to hear him sound like some Dixie shic or cindy shehan like when they visit other countries. You can disagree about governments in your homeland with out being overtly obnoxious, rude or burning bridges.

[Tainan]

He lives in HK and is a big voice for HK tourism. He's an actor and a businessman. I think, and its just my thoughts, that he is patriotic to HK and Chinese heritage. I can't fault that. What spinn someone else puts on his actions/comments he really has no control over.
Face it...the guy is a huge capitalist. He loves business success just like every other HK'er that walks the earth. He ain't no 'communist' by a long shot. It pure stupid to think that.

[buck jarret]

I will not hold this against Jackie Chan. Being a huge star, he probably has to have certain politics for business reasons in that dictatorship. He has to be able to work in Hong Kong and mainland China, not Taiwan. This incident also has to do with some kind of accusation he once made against a Taiwanese president.

Jackie Chan is long past his prime now, but some of his early movies like Drunken Master and Police Story really are classic.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

ChiCom Jackie ping!

[tarheelswamprat]

I doubt Jackie is a "Chicom" - he's simply been seduced and co-opted into the "useful idiot" corps by an appeal to his cultural pride...

And, the difference would be....?

The difference between a "Communist Party member", a "fellow traveler" and a "useful idiot"...

[TigerLikesRooster]

It is not that he is a communist, but an overt apologist. Some U.S. businessmen do it, too. That does not make it right. Obviously, he feels he can corner more business privilege and power by being close to the regime's inside men. On the other hand, he can make movie in Hollywood without Chinese interference.

However, he decided to be one of cronies. I am sure Hong Kong has many of them such as Li Kasheng(?) I have not said he is a communist, but he is a willing dupe and apologist who can go further than others do. Obviously, some in the regime saw his value and showed him an attractive opportunities.

Man can plug Chinese regime for his personal business reason, but that alone does not serve as a rationale to excuse his antics.

[TigerLikesRooster]

I don't devalue his previous movies. Those were good entertaining movies. He is good as Kung Fu, too. It is just that he is now taking a slippery slope. There are many heroes or accomplished men whose fame and fortune got into their head and blunder into an embarrassing debacle.

[TigerLikesRooster]

I don't want him to make obnoxious comments. Rather cut down on disturbing pro-regime activities.

[tarheelswamprat]

It would have been different if he has not gone into patriotism business, and make political comments which always on the side of Chinese regime.

Hence the "idiot" component of the term "useful idiot"...

[eastforker]

Some say the same thing about American celebrities who convey patriotic messages.

[buck jarret]

The bulk of his large fortune is probably invested in China and Hong Kong. Who would protect his interests if he were to antagonize the Chinese govt.? He is not dumb.

[buck jarret]

China and Taiwan agree that Taiwan is not a “country”, although it behaves like one in most respects.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Right. I don’t mind his patriot business if the regime is not checkered with so many problem, some of them really grave. In such a case, he has to make qualification on what kind of patriotism he means. Because it can be construed as pro-regime comments. If he is afraid of retribution on such responses, he should not have embarked on his new cause with such enthusiasm. It is bad judgment on his part.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Yes, it is like some American corporation who invested a lot in China and feels they have to defend China in order to protect their investment. Still, it is wrong to others however much money is at stake.

That is what you get when you get yourself exposed too much to Chinese regime. It may look good initially, but eventually you would find yourself on their tight leash.

This is usually how people become accomplices to crime or other reprehensible acts. Initially, it look OK and harmless.

[Fox_Mulder77]

“It will provide another way for us to tell the world about Chinese culture,” added Chan. “We are not right about everything. Things are getting better in China but we can change and are changing. We want to learn from the rest of the world as well as teach others about our ways and our culture.”

I always thought Chan was very proud of his Chinese culture, and his focus was there, and not on Communism, or totalitarianism. Isn't there a difference between being proud of your culture and history, and being pro communist?

[TigerLikesRooster]

Read my comments above. It may explain where I come from.

[Tainan]

"China and Taiwan agree that Taiwan is not a “country”, although it behaves like one in most respects."

Ya wanna try this one again?

[ASOC]

From the JAckie Chan website

Over the next few years, Jackie worked as a stuntman, but when the Hong Kong movie industry began to fail, he was forced to go to Australia to live with his parents. He worked in a restaurant and on a construction site. It was there that he got the name “Jackie.” A worker named Jack had trouble pronouncing “Kong-sang” and started calling Jackie “little Jack.” That soon became “Jackie” and the name stuck.

Note that his folk left HK for OZ before the ChiCOms got it back. I believe he carries a passport from and is a citizen of Australia.

[Levante]

Jacky Chan is an communist promoting a-hole.

The only movie he made that was worth a damn was “Project A.”

[Tainan]

I confess to ignorance concerning his early days. He may have been in the early mainland movie system days when 'kung fu' training was mandatory for would be film stars. It was also likened to intense choreography boot camp ...that lasted for 10-12 years starting at a very early age. That was pretty standard for HK movie people.
He has been in literally hundreds of movies in his career. Only the better known ones have made it to the west.