Clever Turtles

So said Jackie Chan, while giving a lecture before a business council in China. He went on to support authoritarian Chinese rule and criticize Chinese youth and manufacturing.

"If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want." Seriously, isn't that the point? What's wrong with doing what you want?

I think Mr. Chan is getting crochety in his old age.

"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. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want."

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Chan said the problem with Chinese youth is that "they like other people's things. They don't like their own things." Young people need to spend more time developing their own style, he added.

The action hero complained that Chinese goods still have too many quality problems. He became emotional when discussing contaminated milk powder that sickened tens of thousands of Chinese babies in the past year.

Speaking fast with his voice rising, Chan said, "If I need to buy a TV, I'll definitely buy a Japanese TV. A Chinese TV might explode."

I don't have a TV at all. They're dangerous, man, dangerous! I make do with my Apple Powerbook (assembled in China).