Jackie Chan Hates Freedom
Actually, he’s just sort of ambivalent bordering on negatively-inclined about it, but that doesn’t make for as good a headline.
Jackie Chan believes that the Chinese people need to be controlled! He’s beffudled about democracy. He doesn’t know about freedom.
Speaking at the Boao Forum in southern China, Chan said this: “I’m not sure if it is good to have freedom or not. I’m really confused now. If you are too free, you are like the way Hong Kong is now. It’s very chaotic. Taiwan is also chaotic.”
And this: “I’m gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we are not being controlled, we’ll just do what we want.”
The Chinese audience loved it.