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Jackie Chan at a concert in support of Tiananmen Square protesters, 1989 (quokk.au)

submitted 1 month ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/historyporn@lemmy.world

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[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 161 points 1 month ago

Shame he would grow up to be such a disgusting person who sells his own out.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 71 points 1 month ago

Fame and wealth are fatal to the moral wellbeing of any man.

[-] Pieresqi@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago

Wow, what a sad to day to have read his Political views and criticism on Wikipedia

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 69 points 1 month ago

Much as with Cixin Liu, if you're a public figure in China you better learn to bend the knee if you don't want to be "disappeared". There's no way of knowing what anybody's actual views are, really.

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Yeah, you can kinda tell. When someone is rambling on and on and on about something, versus "just going through the motions" to not seem like an opponent. He is in the former category.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 42 points 1 month ago

IIRC his son was arrested with drugs so CCP has leverage over him.

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 6 points 4 weeks ago

He was shit long before his son got busted with some weed.

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 weeks ago

Examples?

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 4 points 4 weeks ago

"I'm not sure if it is good to have freedom or not," he said. "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."

5 years before his son got busted with some weed.

[-] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Wait really? What'd he do?

[-] abfarid@startrek.website 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In China and Hong Kong if you're famous, you support everything CCP does. Because if you don't, you're not famous at best and missing at worst.

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Okay but he organized a party for high ranking police officials and sang karaoke with them when at the same time his fellow Hong Kong citizens were being beaten up by the police. His support for the CCP goes beyond coerced compliance.

[-] abfarid@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago

I'm not saying he's an all-round upstanding guy. I even heard he refuses (or refused?) admitting to having a daughter outside of marriage. But we also need to keep in mind that he's a dinosaur at this point, and expecting progressive views from an old rich dude from Hong Kong/China is pushing it.

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

But the weird thing is that this CCP pandering attitude of people born in HK is a modern phenomenon. Before reunification most Hongkongers wanted independence from the mainland.