Posted on 07/11/2021 4:46:17 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
Hong Kong action movie superstar Jackie Chan said he wanted to join the Communist Party of China (CPC) at a recent forum in Beijing, a comment that experts said reflected Hong Kong elites' increasingly objective and rational understanding of the CPC amid the city's reflection on its position and search for its future development.
Chan joined a symposium on Thursday in Beijing, which invited Chinese film insiders to speak and share their thoughts regarding the keynote speech delivered by the top Chinese leader on July 1, the centennial of the founding of the CPC.
At the event, Chan, also the vice chairman of the China Film Association, not only expressed his proud feeling of being a Chinese, but also showed his longing for the CPC. "I can see the greatness of the CPC, and it will deliver what it says, and what it promises in less than 100 years, but only a few decades," Chan said.
Also, he remarked that "I want to become a CPC member."
As a celebrity who participated in the star-studded theatrical performance Epic Journey that was dedicated to celebrate the centennial of the founding of the CPC, Chan said that he was impressed by the resilience and spirits of the Eighth Route Army, the military force that, under the leadership of the CPC, fought the Japanese invaders during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1931-45), and he was touched by the bravery of the soldiers.
Chan's speech showed the change of Hong Kong elites' opinion of the CPC in recent years, Li Xiaobing, an expert on Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan studies at Nankai University in Tianjin, told the Global Times on Sunday.
"Local residents in Hong Kong have started to reflect on the city's position and development direction since 2017, the 20th anniversary of its return to the motherland. Some major incidents in recent years, including the release of the development plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the 'anti-extradition bill movement' in 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the celebration activities for the centennial of the CPC, have showed Hongkongers how different generations of CPC members contributed to and sacrificed for the country's revolution and development," Li explained.
The CPC is the designer and operator of the implementation of "one country, two systems." Only when Hong Kong residents gain an objective and rational understanding of the CPC could they understand the principle of "one country, two systems" objectively and rationally, and figure out their future position and development direction clearly, Li noted.
This year witnessed the first time that Hong Kong celebrated the CPC's anniversary on an open and large scale, thanks to the implementation of the national security law for Hong Kong, according to Hong Kong-based observers.
Such historic high atmosphere and many celebration activities offered Hong Kong residents, especially many youngsters, who have lacked a complete and objective picture of modern Chinese history, and those who were deceived by radical rioters to take part in violent protests in 2019, an opportunity to learn about the country's system and the CPC.
Whether it is the Hong Kong regional government, society or individuals, they should correct their one-sided, outdated and wrong understanding of the CPC over the past few decades, and reshape their perception of the Party and the country, Lau Siu-kai, deputy head of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macao Studies, told the Global Times in a recent exclusive interview.
Although the CPC still won't directly get involved in specific affairs in Hong Kong society, its spirit will be manifested through the Constitution. There is no reason why the CPC should not be seen in Hong Kong, nor does it need to hide its existence, Lau noted.
He is a popular, high profile Chinese and the CCP may have threatened or bribed him to be their PR guy. We won’t know.
So who in your family are you willing to kill to demonstrate your loyalty to the Party?
This is not news. He’s always been a CCP supporter.
>>He’s dead to me.<<
Right?
Perhaps the Peoples Republic has started hiring American teachers for their kids.. That seems to be a rather expedient way to destroy a free nation..
He was quoted a couple of years ago as saying people have too much freedom. Quite the disappointment for most of his movie fans.
What an azzhoe.
The 80s US Military motto was, “Kill a Commie for Mommie!” I miss those days…
Me too. Those were the days.
I have faith in Jackie Chan. Unfortunately I think whatever his plan is will result in his demise.
(It funny to hear him talk about the Chinese Communism fighting the Japanese during WW2....
the Chinese Communism sandbagged it during WW2... they let the Nationalist and the Japanese fight in out in WW2
Then the Communism came after in and took out the weakness Nationalist...
Or don't people find in odd that the war between the Japanese and China could go on from 1932 to 1945 but the the Chinese Communist could beat the Nationalist it 2 years 1946 to 1948.. and then the same massive Chinese Communism force that fought us to a draw in Korea 50 to 53...
Were was the overwhelming Chinese Communism force from 32 to 45 again the Japanese... that we saw from 46 to 53?
It's was a smart tactic to let the Japanese weaker the Chinese Nationalist.. but alot of Chinese died as the Communism waited it out
But then the Communism had help.. look up that A---hole American General Stillwell that was all buddy buddy with Mao. Vs General Claire Chennault of the AVG that had been fighting with the Chinese Nationalist against the Japanese from the mid 30's
He’s dead to me.
Jackie Chan, idiot Chinese Asskisser... Does Chan mean ‘Asskisser’ in Chinese?😀
In the 90s (Police Story 3 aka Super Cop, 1992) he played a Hong Kong native police officer who had to enter Communist China to pursue a bad guy.
His partner on the case is a Chi-Com woman officer.
They have banter back and forth throughout the original movie as I recall (less recall on the horribly altered “Super Cop” version) about the differences in Hong Kong and mainland China. The woman at one point (near the end) tells him that Hong Kong will be theirs in 1997 so it make no difference anyway,
I do know that Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Tsui Hauk, John Woo, Chow Yon Fat and others all left film production behind in Hong Kong after the 1997 handover. They went to Australia, Canada, the United States etc to make movies for a number of years (and finally cracked the US boxoffice charts although they were always internationally big in box office around the world except the US).
Sounds like he is bowing to the master now.
After considering the alternative. Confiscation of wealth and property, disappearing like Jack MA, being cancelled, imprisoned, tortured or worse, we have decided we love the CPC!
“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.”
— Jackie Chan
Chan could also get an American citizenship which is, essentially, the same thing nowadays...
Someone queue up the, “Well, Bye” guy.
It’s easy when you know you will be among the chosen.
Go, get, shoo!
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