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Jackie Chan Is A Know-Nothing Self-Loathing Racist.

The title sums up my initial reaction to the news of Jackie Chan dissing the Chinese people by essentially saying they are too messed up to ever be able to handle democracy. I was going to write a blog post criticizing Chan for his comments and noting how... ...full story at China Law Blog

from China Law Blog on Mon, Apr 20 2009

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