Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is buying promoted tweets

Re:Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is... by Invictus0 on Monday August 19, 2019 @02:19PM (#20740252)

Many celebrities have also come out against the protests, such as Jackie Chan. I wonder if they were bought out or threatened by the government in order to do that.

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Re:Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is... by ddoolin on Monday August 19, 2019 @02:27PM (#20740351)

I believe Chan has been openly pro-CCP/Beijing for quite some time.

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Re:Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is... by tehwebguy on Monday August 19, 2019 @02:21PM (#20740288)

No threats are necessary if he still has family or business in China

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Re:Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is... by improvehk on Monday August 19, 2019 @09:18PM (#20743088)

Jackie Chan was pro-democracy... back in the 80s:

https://i.imgur.com/luEftKL.jpg

Then China got big and rich so Jackie could not piss off his biggest market.

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Re:Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is... by psychrometer on Monday August 19, 2019 @02:56PM (#20740654)

Jackie Chan has a history of defending the CCP and propagandizing for them.

"Taiwan election biggest joke in the world" http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-03/29/content_... https://archive.fo/QYKF

"He was named official Narcotics Control Ambassador by Chinese police in 2009." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32620313 https://archive.fo/hFrnF

"we Chinese need to be controlled" https://web.archive.org/web/20090421223810/http://news.yahoo... https://archive.fo/pigfI

"Anger after movie star tells mainland newspaper his hometown has become ‘like South Korea’ and that it should limit the right to protest" https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1103899/jackie-c... [Note this is about 2012 protests not 2019]

"Jackie Chan back in action, branding US more corrupt than China" https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1125813/jackie-c...

"Parents disliked the presence of Jackie Chan in the program" https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinese-netizens-criticize-man... https://archive.fo/lKp1J

"The 63-year-old Chan has aligned himself closely with the authoritarian views of the Chinese Communist Party in recent decades and is now widely seen across the Chinese-speaking world as a mouthpiece for the Beijing regime." https://www.theepochtimes.com/jackie-chan-pushes-to-outlaw-s... https://archive.fo/Ewked

"Jackie Chan’s multilingual film Kung Fu Yoga has courted controversy for having an Indian character allegedly praise Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)." https://silverscreen.in/news/jackie-chans-kung-fu-yoga-pro-c... https://archive.fo/tVsQy

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Re:Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is... by the_resistence on Monday August 19, 2019 @09:31PM (#20743153)

Will never watch another of his movies again.

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