online.wsj.com - 4/23/2009
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From today's Wall Street Journal Asia Jackie Chan may be good at kung fu, but he sometimes takes aim at the wrong targets. Take his recent head-punch to the democratic ideals enjoyed in Hong Kong and Taiwan. "I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not," he told an audience at a regional ...
nytimes.com - 4/29/2009
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nytimes.com —
HONG KONG President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan
announced Wednesday that Chinese officials had dropped their objections...
to Taiwan’s participation as an observer at a United Nations body, a step forward in Taiwan’s effort to win greater international ...
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China Drops Objection to Taiwan Joining U.N. Body
news.yahoo.com - 4/18/2009
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BOAO, China Action star Jackie Chan said Saturday
he's not sure if a free society is a...
good thing for China and that he's starting to think "we Chinese need to be controlled." Chan's comments drew applause from a predominantly Chinese audience of ...
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Jackie Chan: Chinese people need to be controlled
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Freedom's Just Another Word for Not Enough Control
Hit & Run —
... As we approach the 20th anniversary of the Tienanmen Square massacre this June, buffoonish martial arts movie star millionaire Jackie Chan delivers a roundhouse square to the back of Tank Man's head: ...
Freedom’s Just Another Word for Not Enough Control
The Agitator —
... As we approach the 20th anniversary of the Tienanmen Square massacre this June, buffoonish martial arts movie star millionaire Jackie Chan delivers a roundhouse square to the back of Tank Man’s head: ...
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