Editing Jackie Chan (section)

== Political views and criticisms ==
[[File:Jackie Chan hands.jpg|thumb|right|The Hong Kong Star, in Hong Kong]]
Chan's views on [[Politics of Hong Kong|Hong Kong politics]] have gradually shifted from a [[Pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong)|pro-democratic]] stance in the late 1980s to a [[Pro-Beijing camp (Hong Kong)|pro-Beijing]] stance in the 2010s. In 1989, Chan performed at the [[Concert for Democracy in China]] in support of democratic movement during the [[1989 Tiananmen Square protests]]. By 2021, in contrast, he expressed his desire to join the [[Chinese Communist Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 July 2021 |title=Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan says he wants to join the Chinese Communist Party |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2021/07/13/hong-kong-actor-jackie-chan-says-he-wants-to-join-the-chinese-communist-party/ |access-date=13 July 2021 |website=Hong Kong Free Press}}</ref><ref name="Vice">{{Cite web |last=Chen |first=Heather |year=2021 |title=Jackie Chan: Movie Star, Martial Artist&nbsp;– and Communist Party Member? |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/jackie-chan-chinese-communist-party/ |access-date=5 August 2021 |website=Vice}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 July 2021 |title=Martial arts star Jackie Chan wants to join the Chinese Communist Party, but China doesn't want him |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3140926/martial-arts-star-jackie-chan-wants-join |access-date=7 September 2022 |website=[[South China Morning Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 July 2021 |title=Jackie Chan wants to join the Chinese Communist Party |url=https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/china/jackie-chan-wants-to-join-the-chinese-communist-party-and-thinks-the-ccp-is-really-great/news-story/423d8107f1e58c848580ab7979db06e3 |access-date=7 September 2022 |publisher=[[Sky News]]}}</ref> Since 2013,<ref>{{Cite web|last=姚润萍|year=2013|title=成龙拍桌子称"内地执法太不严" 现场一片沉寂|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com//2013lh/2013-03/05/c_124416789.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=10 July 2021|via=新华网|work=钱江晚报|archive-date=18 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182903/http://www.xinhuanet.com//2013lh/2013-03/05/c_124416789.htm}}</ref> Chan has been a pro-China politician, having served two terms as a delegate to the [[National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]], China's [[Political consulting|political advisory]] body.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chen|first=Heather|year=2020|title=Here's Why Jackie Chan Is Really Unpopular in Hong Kong|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/heres-why-jackie-chan-is-really-unpopular-in-hong-kong/|access-date=10 July 2021|website=Vice}}</ref><ref name="Vice" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Davis|first=Rebecca|date=14 July 2021|title=Jackie Chan Declares: 'I Want to Be a Chinese Communist Party Member'|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/jackie-chan-join-communist-party-1235019781/|access-date=8 September 2021|website=Variety}}</ref>

According to Chan, he wanted to be a Party member but his moral failings make him unqualified.<ref name=":9">{{Cite book |last1=Marquis |first1=Christopher |url= |title=Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise |last2=Qiao |first2=Kunyuan |date=2022 |publisher=[[Yale University Press]] |isbn=978-0-300-26883-6 |location=New Haven |pages=83 |doi=10.2307/j.ctv3006z6k |jstor=j.ctv3006z6k |oclc=1348572572 |author-link=Christopher Marquis |s2cid=253067190}}</ref> Chan stated that he can "see the greatness of the CCP" and his view that "[i]t will deliver what it says, and what it promises in less than 100 years, but only a few decades."<ref name=":9" />

During a news conference in Shanghai on 28 March 2004, Chan referred to the recently concluded [[2004 Taiwanese presidential election]], in which [[Democratic Progressive Party]] candidates [[Chen Shui-bian]] and [[Annette Lu]] were re-elected as president and vice-president, as "the biggest joke in the world".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1411923.php/Protestors_blast_Jackie_Chan_for_criticizing_Taiwan_elections |title=Protestors blast Jackie Chan for criticizing Taiwan elections |work=People News |date=18 June 2008 |access-date=1 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229061102/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1411923.php/Protestors_blast_Jackie_Chan_for_criticizing_Taiwan_elections |archive-date=29 February 2012 }}</ref> A Taiwanese legislator and senior member of the DPP, [[Parris H. Chang|Parris Chang]], called for the government of Taiwan to ban ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (2004 film)|Around the World in 80 Days]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 April 2004|title=Official wants Chan film banned in Taiwan|url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2004/04/22/Official-wants-Chan-film-banned-in-Taiwan/87281082654872/|access-date=25 October 2021|website=[[United Press International]]}}</ref> Police and security personnel separated Chan from scores of protesters shouting "Jackie Chan, get out" when he arrived at Taipei airport in June 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/19/2279237.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704001510/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/19/2279237.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 July 2009 |title=Protesters greet Jackie Chan in Taiwan |newspaper=ABC News |publisher=ABC News (Australia) |date=19 June 2008 |access-date=1 March 2012}}</ref>

Referring to his participation in the [[2008 Summer Olympics torch relay|torch relay]] for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in Beijing, Chan spoke out against demonstrators who disrupted the relay several times attempting to draw attention to a wide-ranging number of grievances against the Chinese government. He warned that "publicity seekers" planning to stop him from carrying the Olympic Torch "not get anywhere near" him. Chan also argued that the Olympics coverage that year would "provide another way for us to tell the world about Chinese culture."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/oddballs/143026-kung-fu-star-jackie-chan-to-chop-down-olympic-protestors |title=Kung-fu star Jackie Chan to chop down Olympic protesters |work=Metro |location=UK |date=15 April 2008}}</ref>
[[File:Jackie Chan TIFF 2005.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Jackie Chan at the [[2005 Toronto International Film Festival]]]]
In 2009, Chan was named an "anti-drug ambassador" by the Chinese government, actively taking part in anti-drug campaigns and supporting President [[Hu Jintao]]'s declaration that illegal drugs should be eradicated, and their users punished severely. In 2014, when his own son Jaycee was arrested for cannabis use, he said that he was "angry", "shocked", "heartbroken" and "ashamed" of his son. He also remarked, "I hope all young people will learn a lesson from Jaycee and stay far from the harm of drugs. I say to Jaycee that you have to accept the consequences when you do something wrong."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/jackie-chan-shocked-and-angry-over-son-s-drug-arrest-1.2741721 |title=Jackie Chan shocked and angry over son's drug arrest |publisher=CBC News |location=Canada |date=20 August 2014}}</ref>

On 18 April 2009, during a panel discussion at the annual [[Boao Forum for Asia]], he questioned whether or not broad freedom is a good thing.<ref name='boao1'>{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090421/ap_en_ot/as_hong_kong_people_jackie_chan |title=Spokesman: Jackie Chan comments out of context |publisher=Yahoo! News |first=Min |last=Lee |date=21 April 2009 |access-date=1 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427012524/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090421/ap_en_ot/as_hong_kong_people_jackie_chan |archive-date=27 April 2009}}</ref> Noting the strong tensions in Hong Kong and Taiwan, he said, "I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want."<ref name='boao2'>{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090418/ap_en_ot/as_china_people_jackie_chan |title=Jackie Chan: Chinese people need to be controlled |publisher=Yahoo! News |first=William |last=Foreman |date=18 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421223810/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090418/ap_en_ot/as_china_people_jackie_chan |archive-date=21 April 2009 |access-date=1 March 2012}}</ref><ref name='boao8'>{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090419/en_afp/entertainmentchinahongkongtaiwanpolitics |title=Jackie Chan warns over China 'chaos': report |publisher=Yahoo! News |date=19 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425220155/http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090419/en_afp/entertainmentchinahongkongtaiwanpolitics |archive-date=25 April 2009 |access-date=1 March 2012}}</ref> Chan's comments prompted angry responses from several prominent figures in Taiwan and Hong Kong.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/chinese-shouldnt-get-more-freedom-says-jackie-chan-1671337.html |title=Chinese shouldn't get more freedom, says Jackie Chan |work=The Independent |location=UK |first=Clifford |last=Coonan |date=20 April 2009 |access-date=1 March 2012}}</ref><ref name='boao'>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aBQtt40iChUo |title=Jackie Chan Faces Film Boycott for Chaotic Taiwan Comments |author=Le-Min Lim |publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |date=22 April 2009 |access-date=1 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019212913/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088 |archive-date=19 October 2008}}</ref> A spokesman later said Chan was referring to freedom in the entertainment industry, rather than in Chinese society at large.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6642022.html |title=Jackie Chan's 'freedom' talk sparks debate |work=People's Daily |date=22 April 2009 |access-date=1 March 2012}}</ref>

In December 2012, Chan caused outrage when he criticized Hong Kong as a "city of protest", suggesting that demonstrators' rights in Hong Kong should be limited.<ref>{{cite web |first1=Colleen|last1=Lee|first2=Tony|last2=Cheung|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1103899/jackie-chan-criticises-hong-kong-city-protest |title=Jackie Chan criticises Hong Kong as 'city of protest' |work=South China Morning Post |date=13 December 2012 |access-date=2 January 2013}}</ref> The same month, in an interview with Phoenix TV, Chan stated that the United States was the "most corrupt" country in the world,<ref name=SCMP>{{cite news |last=Chow |first=Vivienne |title=Jackie Chan back in action, branding US more corrupt than China |url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1125813/jackie-chan-back-action-branding-us-more-corrupt-china |newspaper=South China Morning Post |date=12 January 2013}}</ref> which in turn angered parts of the online community.<ref name=SCMP /><ref name=WaPo>{{cite news |last=Fisher |first=Max |title=The anti-Americanism of Jackie Chan |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/01/10/the-anti-americanism-of-jackie-chan/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=10 January 2013}}</ref> Other articles situated Chan's comments in the context of his career and life in the United States, including his "embrace of the American film market"<ref name=WaPo /> and his seeking asylum in the United States from Hong Kong triads.<ref>{{cite news |title=Actor Jackie Chan calls U.S. 'most corrupt' country in the world |url=http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/12/actor-jackie-chan-calls-u-s-most-corrupt-country-in-the-world/ |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=12 January 2013 |access-date=17 May 2013 |archive-date=25 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825220927/http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/12/actor-jackie-chan-calls-u-s-most-corrupt-country-in-the-world/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

From 2013 to 2023, Chan served two terms as a member of the [[National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]], representing the "Literature and Arts" sector.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cppcc.gov.cn/zxww/2014/02/27/ARTI1393487184783942.shtml|title=中国人民政治协商会议第十二届全国委员会委员名单|website=cppcc.gov.cn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cppcc.gov.cn/zxww/2020/05/11/ARTI1589179608333237.shtml|title=中国人民政治协商会议第十三届全国委员会委员名单|website=cppcc.gov.cn}}</ref>

In April 2016, Chan was named in the [[Panama Papers]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/06/panama-papers-reveal-offshore-dealings-stars |title=From Kubrick to Cowell: Panama Papers expose offshore dealings of the stars |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=6 April 2016}}</ref> While Chan was not accused of engaging in illegal activity per se, he was listed as having up to six different offshore accounts, likely for the purposes of serving as [[tax shelter]]s.<ref name="Actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jackie Chan Named in Panama Papers&nbsp;– Time Magazine&nbsp;– Melissa Chan reporting (no relation to Jackie Chan)">{{cite magazine |last1=Chan |first1=Melissa |title=Actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jackie Chan Named in Panama Papers |url=https://time.com/4280831/panama-papers-amitabh-bachchan-jackie-chan/ |magazine=Time |date=4 April 2016 |access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref>

In 2019, Chan criticized [[2019–2020 Hong Kong protests|Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Jackie Chan sparks outcry after weighing into Hong Kong protests |url=https://www.news.com.au/world/asia/jackie-chan-sparks-outcry-after-weighing-into-hong-kong-protests/news-story/f5df103fa15535a4390da9fce927024d |work=News.com.au |date=16 August 2019}}</ref> saying that the {{" '}}[[Flag of China|Five-starred Red Flag]]' is respected everywhere around the world."<ref>{{cite news |title=Jackie Chan sparks anger after backing Beijing amid Hong Kong protests |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/jackie-chan-sparks-anger-after-backing-beijing-amid-hong-kong-protests |work=SBS News |date=16 August 2019 |access-date=13 September 2019 |archive-date=13 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913122822/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/jackie-chan-sparks-anger-after-backing-beijing-amid-hong-kong-protests |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also supported the [[National People's Congress decision on Hong Kong national security legislation]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=ジャッキー・チェンさんら、国家安全法制への支持表明：朝日新聞デジタル|url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASN505WQQN50UHMC00N.html|website=朝日新聞デジタル|date=31 May 2020 |language=ja}}</ref>