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    For some in China the parade has passed them by and gladly too
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    “I’m not sure if it’s good to have freedom or not,” Chan said. "I’m really confused now. If you’re too free, you’re like the way Hong Kong is now. It’s very chaotic. Taiwan is also chaotic." Chan added: “I’m gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. Full Article at New Europe News
    I’m really confused now. If you’re too free, you’re like the way Hong Kong is now. It’s very chaotic. Taiwan is also chaotic.
    Jackie Chan – Jackie Chan SOURCE: New Europe News 2 months ago
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For some in China the parade has passed them by and gladly too
  1. The people are, allow me to use a negative word, brainwashed. It’s not only a Communist thing. China is like the US and everyone has to look at the world the way they are in the US. They (Americans) think everyone has to be so democratic
    SOURCE: New Europe News 2 months ago
  2. We are taught in school that freedom has limitations and that there are strings attached
    SOURCE: New Europe News 2 months ago
  3. I’m not sure if it’s good to have freedom or not
    Jackie Chan – Jackie Chan SOURCE: New Europe News 2 months ago
  4. I can write something critical but not the president
    SOURCE: New Europe News 2 months ago
  5. how to strengthen the party with more transparency, more democracy … we don’t want only economic development … we will correct our ways.
    SOURCE: New Europe News 2 months ago
  6. is like a two-person relationship. If you don’t want to know me or understand me, you won’t.
    SOURCE: New Europe News 2 months ago
  7. We Chinese need to be controlled
    SOURCE: New Europe News 2 months ago
  8. Because of our culture and thousands of years of repression, we are used to this, although once in a while we challenge it … it’s getting better and people are getting freer
    SOURCE: New Europe News 2 months ago
  9. Chinese people are not as free with self-expression as in the US
    SOURCE: New Europe News 2 months ago
  10. Socialism with Chinese characteristics
    SOURCE: New Europe News 2 months ago

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