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Jackie Chan
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In 2004 he called Taiwan's democratic presidential election “a huge joke”, in 2009 he made derogatory comments about a western-liberal way of life (“I'm not sure whether it's good to be free”) - and the Communist Party appointed him six years ago (KP) then in an offshoot of the National People's Congress: For years, the action star Jackie Chan, who was born in Hong Kong, has been increasingly following the line of the Chinese rulers.
Alienation between Chan and democracy movement
Now Chan apparently wants to take another step: "I want to become a member of the Communist Party." The 67-year-old said, according to reports in the Chinese state newspaper "Global Times", at a symposium in Beijing to which selected Chinese filmmakers had been invited.
"I see the size of the Communist Party, which delivers what it promises not in a hundred years, but in just a few decades."
For years, Chan's political statements have led to an alienation between the Hollywood actor and the democracy movement in Hong Kong;
The activist Glacier Kwong now told the "Bild" newspaper: "We do not believe that he should be seen as a role model."
The last time Chan sang at the beginning of July was a performance that celebrated the centenary of the CP.
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