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Offline RobJohnson

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Jackie Chan's China comments prompt backlash
« on: April 19, 2009, 03:13:20 PM »
HONG KONG - Action star Jackie Chan 's comments wondering whether Chinese people "need to be controlled" have drawn sharp rebuke in his native Hong Kong and in Taiwan .

Chan told a business forum in the southern Chinese province of Hainan that a free society may not be beneficial for China 's authoritarian mainland.

"I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not," Chan said Saturday. "I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want."

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Re: Jackie Chan's China comments prompt backlash
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2009, 05:08:50 PM »
He should've taken Laura Ingraham's advice: "Shut Up and Sing."
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Re: Jackie Chan's China comments prompt backlash
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2009, 05:52:58 PM »
Quote from: jinxmchue on April 19, 2009, 05:08:50 PM
He should've taken Laura Ingraham's advice: "Shut Up and Sing."

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Re: Jackie Chan's China comments prompt backlash
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2009, 06:52:20 PM »
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYVymsEiSh0[/youtube]

So is he going to give all of that up??  :whatever:
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