Jackie Chan calls America 'most corrupt country in the world'
He may enjoy a Hollywood payday now and then, but that doesn't stop Jackie Chan from criticizing America.
The
martial arts star called the U..S the 'most corrupt' country in the
world during a recent interview on a Hong Kong television show.
'If you talk about corruption, the entire world, the United States has no corruption?' Chan asked the host.
Chan then referred to America as 'the most corrupt in the world.'
'Where does this Great
Breakdown (financial crisis) come from? It started exactly from the
world, the United States,' Chan told the interviewer. 'When I was interviewed in the U.S., people
asked me, I said the same thing
'I said now that China has become
strong, everyone is making an issue of China,' continued the Rush Hour star. 'If our own countrymen
don't support our country, who will support our country? We know our
country has many problems. We [can] talk about it when the door is
closed. To outsiders, [we should say] 'our country is the best.''
Chan is recognised as a long-time supporter of the ruling communist party in China.
According to the Washington Post, 'He is passionately political, a staunch defender of the Chinese
Communist Party and harsh critic of anyone he sees as opposing Beijing.
Today, that includes the United States.'
The host then joked that Chan should be an ambassador to the U.S. 'Seriously,
I am always like, when the door is closed, 'Our country is like this
and this,'' Chan went on. ''Who and who is not good.' But outside, 'Our
country is the best, like so and so, is the best.' You cannot say our
country has problems [when you are outside], like 'Yes, our country is
bad.'' Chan has a history
of controversial political statements, such as calling Taiwan and Hong
Kong examples of what happens when you have 'too much freedom.' He
also once said 'Chinese people need to be controlled, otherwise they
will do whatever they want,' when discussing Chinese censorship of his
movies.
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