{"id":3179,"date":"2022-01-20T08:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/?p=3179"},"modified":"2023-08-08T18:50:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T22:50:39","slug":"jackie-chan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/jackie-chan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Formerly Great Jackie Chan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jackie-chan.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jackie-chan.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jackie-chan.webp 705w, https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jackie-chan-300x160.webp 300w, https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jackie-chan-600x319.webp 600w, https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jackie-chan-400x213.webp 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Jackie Chan is one of my favorite Martial Artists.  That is why it makes me sad to see such a great man submit to easily to a Totalitarian Regime, the CCP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In 2018, Chan sponsored a Bill urging Beijing to introduce laws to protect China&#8217;s &#8220;national dignity&#8221; from insults!  Jackie Chan has not commented publicly on the bill, but the Hong Kong-born action star has previously spoken in favour of China\u2019s authoritarian rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In 2008 &amp; 2009, Jackie Chan sparked anger after making an endorsement of China\u2019s strict censorship policy and media controls.  At the Boao Forum for Asia in 2009, Jackie Chan said, \u201c<em>I\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s good to have freedom or not.  I\u2019m really confused now.  If you\u2019re too free, you\u2019re like the way Hong Kong is now. It\u2019s very chaotic. Taiwan is also chaotic,  I\u2019m gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we\u2019re not being controlled, we\u2019ll just do what we want<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n<script>\r\n document.write('<hr style=\"width=75%; border-top: 2px solid #000; margin: auto;'>');\r\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In response, Hong Kong legislator Leung Kwok-hung said Jackie Chan had \u201cinsulted the Chinese people\u201d, adding: \u201c<em>Chinese people aren\u2019t pets<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">And finally in 2021 Jackie Chan said \u2018I can see the greatness of the CPC\u2019 expressing his interest in joining the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Martial Arts were birthed from the oppression of Totalitarian Regimes just like the CCP.  They were developed to protect the weak from the strong and powerful.  Jackie Chan&#8217;s movies use to represent this theme, perhaps his new films will promote the oppression of those that question the strong and powerful?  Perhaps he has become soft and comfortable in his advanced age and just wants the CCP to leave him and his fortune alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A Sad day in Martial Arts history.<\/p>\n\n\n<script>\r\n document.write('<hr style=\"width=75%; border-top: 2px solid #000; margin: auto;'>');\r\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jackie Chan is one of my favorite Martial Artists. That is why it makes me sad to see such a great man submit to easily to a Totalitarian Regime, the CCP. In 2018, Chan sponsored a Bill urging Beijing to introduce laws to protect China&#8217;s &#8220;national dignity&#8221; from insults! 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