“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,” the star of hits such as Rush Hour and The Forbidden Kingdom stated.
And that’s bad, because…
He added that the freedoms in Hong Kong and Taiwan made those societies “chaotic.”
Have you ever lived in one of the so-called chaotic countries, Jackie? I do, and it is safer, more tolerant and more successful than any communist theocracy will ever be.
While things politically are tricky at the best of times, Taiwan and Hong Kong are far more stable societies because people have an outlet for their anger and frustration. And they can LEGALLY do something about it without FEAR for their lives.
People are allowed to challenge their government to explain their actions or pay the price (electorally) in court, in the media, and on the streets. Yes, things look messier.
But governing a country without the people’s consent is messier still: riots still happen, corruption is worse, people’s rights are trampled on, and getting justice is secondary even when the laws permit it.
Try that in Beijing, Jacky… or Shanghai… Go on, try it. In the meantime, perhaps we should boycott your movies, because you clearly don’t respect your audience in Hong Kong or Taiwan.
I think Jacky Chan is a hypocrite, he always has been. He married his wife and hid her from the world. Then had a son and did the same. He keeps all the glories for himself and when his son tried to make a name, he says he is not good enough and not ready. He enjoys control over people that lives around him, he's like an "emperor". I am sure at work he is this same person. So of course he's belief is that people needs to be controlled. Imagine him being in command of the world, oh boy people will be suffering. You'll probably have to pee and eat at specific time.
He has even lived in the west, and yet he still craves the strong hand of government. He is manifesting a destiny for himself in the belief that we NEED him. Unfortunately, we really do not.
By trying to create this impression that Chinese need their rulers, he's really saying "China cannot live without autocracy", and since he is a representative of that autocracy, China cannot live without him. Perhaps what he really means, though, is that Chinese autocracy cannot survive WITHOUT him. I'm willing to try: are you? Let's forget Jackie Chan, and see how things go. Who'll suffer more, Jackie? You or me?