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Jackie Chan at a concert in support of Tiananmen Square protesters, 1989 (quokk.au)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] SkunkWorkz 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 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.