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    Anti Hair Fall

    Return of the Bawang.

    Shampoo company made famous by Jackie Chan says product 'safer than drinking water' after cancer claim
    By Priscilla Yu August 28, 2015 / 10:39 HKT


    During a trial in which Chinese herbal shampoo company Bawang accused Next Magazine of libel, a lawyer claimed on Tuesday that their product was "safer than drinking water".

    The lawsuit had been filed over the publication's report that dioxane, which is found in their product, can cause cancer.

    The company is now asking for more than HKD630 million in damages.

    Bawang insists there is not sufficient evidence – even in animal tests – to prove that dioxane is carcinogenic, reports Apple Daily (which, like Next Magazine, is owned by Next Media).

    The shampoo company – which was made notorious by Jackie Chan’s famously ridiculous endorsement – added that according to WHO standards, the low levels of dioxane in their shampoo makes it safer than drinking water.

    Furthermore, it said that even EU and US Environmental Protection Agency studies say that dioxane is not toxic, and that animal tests that showed a negative effect exposed its subjects to higher levels of the chemical.

    Whatever – if Jackie Chan says it makes his hair go “duaaaang”, who are we to argue?

    Note: This article previously stated that the lawsuit was filed on Tuesday. That is incorrect. We regret the error.
    Bawang needs to chug a bottle of dioxane to make his point.
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    40+ kilograms of meth in Jackie Chan-branded DVD players

    Can't really blame Jackie for this one. I just stumbled over it searching for some Dragon Blade news today.

    Melbourne pair arrested over ice imported in fridges and Jackie Chan-branded DVD players
    By the National Reporting Team's Dan Oakes and Sam Clark
    Updated about 6 hours ago

    Two Nigerian nationals have been charged over the alleged importation of more than 40 kilograms of methamphetamine, brought into Australia concealed inside bar fridges and Jackie Chan-branded DVD players.

    Chibuike Anyasor, 33, and Joe Iwuchukwu Odemegwo, 51, were arrested on Thursday afternoon by officers from Taskforce Icarus, a joint operation between the AFP, Border Force and Victoria Police tackling the importation of drugs by post and other methods.

    The pair appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court today.

    Ansayor, described by police as a key figure in the drug importation syndicate, was charged with importing and attempting to possess methamphetamine.

    Odemegwo was charged with attempting to possess a commercial quantity of methamphetamine. If found guilty they face a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

    Do you know more about this story? Email investigations@abc.net.au

    The court heard that Anyasor and Odemegwo were under investigation for six months and that police had obtained extensive telephone intercepts during that time.

    Many of the intercepted calls were all in the Igbo language, predominantly spoken by people in the south-east of Nigeria.

    The court was told there were only two accredited Igbo translators in Australia and that both of them were living in Adelaide, on students visas, which meant they could only work for 20 hours a week.

    AFP Deputy Commissioner Operations Leanne Close said offenders who imported methamphetamine into Australia would face the full force of the law.

    "Law enforcement and border protection agencies will continue to work together to target organised crime syndicates who seek to compromise our communities with this dangerous and insidious drug," Deputy Commissioner Close said.

    "These arrests are a significant disruption to this syndicate. Our capabilities to detect and disrupt organised crime continue to grow, and we will not slow our efforts to remove this scourge from our streets."

    The two men were remanded into custody until a committal mention on December 11.
    Wait....hold the phone...I want a Jackie Chan-branded DVD player.
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    A 4th death hoax!

    So I made a new indie thread.
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    Panama papers

    Well now, of all of the people we follow here, Jackie does have the most unique list of scandals.

    WORLD 6:25am April 4, 2016
    Panama Papers: Huge leak exposes offshore accounts linked to world's rich and famous

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    Russian President Vladimir Putin's aides, Jackie Chan and Lionel Messi's secret assets were revealed. (AFP file images)

    Close aides of Russian President Vladimir Putin are among those whose assets feature in a vast exposé of tax havens, made by an international group of journalists who uncovered a massive leak of 11.5 million documents from a Panama-based law firm.

    The leaked documents, known as the Panama Papers, allegedly detail the assets of about 140 political figures - including 12 current and former world leaders - as well as some celebrities and blacklisted companies, according to the probe by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

    The investigation yielded 11.5 million documents from around 214,000 offshore entities, the ICIJ said.

    The leaked data, dated from 1975 to the end of last year, provides what the ICIJ described as a "never-before-seen view inside the offshore world."

    Names featured in the leak included the president of Ukraine, the king of Saudi Arabia, the prime ministers of Iceland and Pakistan, and the children of the president of Azerbaijan.

    Although Mr Putin's name is not mentioned in the documents, his close associates "secretly shuffled as much as $2 billion through banks and shadow companies," according to the ICIJ.

    The records show his friend and associate Sergey Roldugin is "a behind-the-scenes player in a clandestine network operated by Putin associates," the ICIJ wrote.

    He "is listed as the owner of offshore companies that have obtained payments from other companies worth tens of millions of dollars."

    "A company linked to the cellist also grabbed secret influence over Russia’s largest truck maker, another snagged a big slice of Russia’s TV advertising industry."

    April 04, 2016: Iceland's Prime Minister, Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, has walked out of an interview after being asked questions about one of his family's offshore accounts which allegedly benefited from Iceland's financial crisis in 2008.
    The evidence suggests Mr Roldugin has acted as a "front man for a network of Putin loyalists – and perhaps for Putin himself", the ICIJ wrote.

    The Panama Papers also named celebrities including move star Jackie Chan, who has at least six companies managed through the Panama firm.

    However, "there is no evidence that Chan used his companies for improper purposes", the ICIJ wrote, explaining that having an offshore company isn't necessarily illegal.

    Football star Lionel Messi's secret holdings are also detailed, with the papers revealing he and his father owned a Panama company called Mega Stars Inc.

    The revelations come as "his offshore dealings are currently the target of a tax evasion case in Spain," the ICIJ wrote.

    The papers also reveal the holdings of 29 billionaires featured in Forbes Magazine’s list of the world’s 500 richest people.

    Economist Gabriel Zucman said the findings revealed ingrained corruption in the "offshore world".

    "These findings show how deeply ingrained harmful practices and criminality are in the offshore world," the University of California, Berkeley, economist said.

    They also expose at least 33 people and companies blacklisted by the US government due to evidence of criminality, including "doing business with Mexican drug lords, terrorist organizations like Hezbollah or rogue nations like North Korea and Iran," the ICIJ wrote.

    US authorities believe one of the companies "supplied fuel for the aircraft that the Syrian government used to bomb and kill thousands of its own citizens".

    The leaked documents came from Mossack Fonseca, a Panama-based law firm with offices in more than 35 countries.

    They were reviewed by a team of more than 370 reporters from over 70 countries, according to the ICIJ.

    The BBC reported Mossack Fonseca said it had operated "beyond reproach" for 40 years and had never been charged with any criminal wrongdoing.

    The original source of the leaked documents is unclear.

    With AFP.
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    Rush Hour 4: Russian Hour

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    Jackie Chan caught "masturbating" on a plane.(on graham norton)



    This is old, but I've never seen it. It came up in the newsfeeds with Skiptrace.
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    Etta Ng

    Jackie Chan's estranged daughter hospitalized in Hong Kong after suspected suicide attempt
    BY ALEX LINDER IN NEWS ON APR 4, 2017 6:00 PM



    Rumors are running wild in Hong Kong that Etta Ng, the estranged daughter of Jackie Chan, may have attempted to commit suicide after she checked herself into the hospital following a tumultuous few weeks of family drama.
    Etta left Hong Kong on Friday for a Thailand getaway with her mother's friends after her mother, former beauty queen Elaine Ng, was arrested for the second time. However, she decided to cut the trip short, secretly returning to Hong Kong two days later and checking into a hospital soon after landing.
    Yesterday, Ng rushed to the hospital to see her 17-year-old daughter. When asked by Oriental Daily if Etta had tried to kill herself, Ng did not reply, only sighing and saying "I'm really sorry."
    Posts that Etta has made on her social media accounts in the past have raised concerns about the teen's mental health. According to Asia One, before leaving for her Thailand trip, Etta wrote on Facebook: "Leaving HK for a bit tomorrow. I'm still alive, for those who are wondering." Additionally, last year she shared a number of articles about depression and suicide on social media, Ming Pao reports.



    Last month, Ng was detained after allegedly fighting with some of Etta's friends. Ng later said that the dispute started when she found a packet of sedatives in her daughter's room.
    Ng was first arrested last year after her daughter accused her of child abuse. Later, Etta explained that she had reported her mother because she was worried about her drinking problem.



    Etta was born in 1999. She was raised in Shanghai before moving to Hong Kong with her mother in 2011. She has never had a relationship with her father, calling him "just a stranger," in a 2015 interview.
    For his part, Chan admitted that his affair with Ng had been a mistake, saying that he had "only committed a fault that many men in the world commit." Ng decided to raise Etta on her own, and Chan has said that he doesn't plan to leave anything in his will to his daughter.
    Chan married Taiwanese actress Joan Lin back in 1982. The couple have one son, Jaycee Chan, who infamously was arrested in 2014 when police raided his Beijing apartment, seizing more than 100 grams of marijuana. He was later sentenced to six months of jail time.

    [Images via MingPao]
    It's tough being a child of Jackie.
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    I still like Jackie, and it seems that he's generally nice to his fans, but I agree it is tough to be his kid. Not only is Jackie not leaving anything to his love child, but I don't think he's leaving anything to his son, either. Maybe because he doesn't want his son to be some spoiled trust fund kid. But to leave NOTHING to either of his kids is a bit too much, IMO. Jackie is the second-highest earning actor on the planet. The least he could have done is take a little responsibility in some way. Even just an acknowledgement.

    The impression Jackie gives is that he cares about his daughter as much as he might care about a discarded cigarette butt. A bit sociopathic, if you ask me. Kinda like "Oh, well, that's how it goes..."

    Not my business, anyway. I can still enjoy his (old) movies and try not to think about these things.
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    Complexities of super stardom...

    Jackie Chan cried over his love child, says a friend in his defence


    Elaine Ng and her lawyer said that Jackie Chan (above) refused to give her and their daughter Etta financial help. PHOTO: AFP
    PUBLISHEDAPR 2, 2017, 5:14 PM SGT

    HONG KONG - Movie producer Tiffany Chen has spoken up for actor Jackie Chan, saying her friend is a man of affection who has cried over his love child, Etta Ng, many times.

    Chen spoke to reporters at a charity dinner last Saturday, two days after beauty queen Elaine Ng and lawyer Mary Jean Reimer said at a press conference that Ng had not received a cent from her daughter's father, Chan.

    Chen said it was Ng who put her former lover Chan and his wife Lin Feng-jiao in a dilemma, reported Ming Pao Daily News. "Someone was determined to give birth. Etta is the most innocent, most pitiful one because she had no choice. Her mummy had a choice."

    She said she did not know about Ng's financial difficulties, but added: "When Etta is big enough, 21, I believe Jackie Chan will give Etta money, but not her mummy."

    She said Chan's and Lin's hands were tied. Even if Lin means to help her husband's child, she cannot because Etta is another woman's child, Chen said.

    Someone on Ng's side, who has since died, blackmailed Chan, and the actor "embraced us and cried", Chen said.

    Last Thursday, Ms Reimer said Chan rebuffed her request for help for Ng, who was jobless in 2015.

    Chen said Ng's actions made Chan give up on her. Asked about Chen's comments, Ng told Oriental Daily News: "I dare not answer."
    Harsh situation.
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    Another wave of bad press for Jackie

    Like I said above:
    Quote Originally Posted by GeneChing View Post
    It's tough being a child of Jackie.
    Jackie Chan admits he felt 'forced to marry' Joan Lin after accidentally getting her pregnant
    BY ALEX LINDER IN NEWS ON APR 11, 2017 4:30 PM



    While Jackie Chan may be an incredibly successful actor, singer, and Kpop manager with devoted fans all over the globe, he may not be quite so beloved in his own home.
    In a recently re-surfaced interview from 2015, Chan spoke frankly about his relationship with Taiwanese actress Joan Lin, his wife of 35 years, and how he had only decided to marry her after she became pregnant with their son Jaycee.



    "It was an accident which conceived Jaycee. I had never thought of getting married, but I felt it was akin to being forced to get married," Chan admitted, according to Asia One.
    Also in the interview, Chan admitted to having "many girlfriends" when he was younger, and said that the romance between him and Lin, who he married secretly in a Los Angeles coffee shop in 1982, had died long ago.



    Of course, Chan has long been rumored to have had "many girlfriends" while being married to Lin, including former beauty queen Elaine Ng, who gave birth to Jackie's daughter, Etta Ng, in 1999. Chan admitted that his affair with Ng had been a mistake, saying that he had "only committed a fault that many men in the world commit." Meanwhile Etta says she's never had a relationship with her father, calling him "just a stranger" in a 2015 interview.
    The teenager made headlines earlier this month by checking into a Hong Kong hospital after a suspected suicide attempt. In March, Etta had her mother arrested on suspicion of criminal intimidation following a dispute that started when Ng allegedly found a packet of sedatives in her daughter's room.



    Meanwhile, Chan and Lin's son, Jaycee, is most famous for being arrested in 2014 when police raided his Beijing apartment, seizing more than 100 grams of marijuana. He was later sentenced to six months of jail time.
    After being released, Jaycee found that he had been blacklisted by many companies, though his dad has tried to rehabilitate his image, giving him a hair cut and proposing to work on an album with him.


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    Jackie seems to always put himself in the victim role whenever there was an unexpected pregnancy. Very self-absorbed, and not cool at all.

    Would Jaycee even have had a career in the entertainment industry if he weren't Jackie's son? Other than being his son and having a resemblance to the young Jackie, does Jaycee have any kind of 'it factor' of his own that makes him a unique and interesting commodity? Box office sales seem to say no.

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    Elaine Ng released

    'nearly 20 scars'

    poor girl.

    Jackie Chan's daughter discharged from hospital after two months


    Former beauty queen Elaine Ng with daughter Etta.PHOTO: APPLE DAILY

    PUBLISHED JUN 3, 2017, 10:43 PM SGT

    HONG KONG - The domestic storm has blown over, and former beauty queen Elaine Ng and her daughter Etta have been out and about.

    After about two months in hospital, Etta, the love child of actor Jackie Chan, was discharged and went home to her mother recently, after receiving approval from doctors and social workers, said Oriental Daily News.

    In March, Ng, 44, and Etta, 17, had a dispute that led to the daughter reporting the mother to the police and Ng was arrested on suspicion of criminal intimidation.

    In April, the teen was hospitalised for emotional instability in Hong Kong, cutting short a Thailand getaway her mother had arranged for her. Ng has evaded reporters' questions about rumours that her daughter had hurt herself.

    On Friday (June 2), Etta seemed well, though thinner, as she and her mother shopped and ran errands in Happy Valley and Central, said the report.

    Asked about her relationship with her daughter, Ng answered: "Dealing with it."

    Etta removed her earphones when a reporter greeted her and asked her if she had been angry at her mother. "No, never," the teen said, before adding that she was in good health.

    When she realised she was being photographed, she pulled down her sleeves, but not before the reporter saw nearly 20 scars across her left forearm.

    She was born after Ng had an affair with Chan, who was and is still married to former actress Lin Feng-jiao.

    In an interview afterwards on Friday, Ng said she was happy to know that Etta was not angry with her. "Social workers have reminded me to call a timeout, that is, if there's conflict between mother and daughter, we'll walk away and leave ourselves space to calm down," she said.

    She admitted she was learning to be a better mother, and added: "We've picked a horror movie that we will go home to see. We're communicating and getting along."
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    Not really a 'scandal'. More of a coming out.

    Etta Ng deserves her own thread now - she's not really a Jackie Chan scandal unless you're ****phobic but the media wants to report it as such.

    Jackie Chan's estranged daughter comes out as gay
    BY ALEX LINDER IN NEWS ON OCT 7, 2017 12:30 AM



    The estranged daughter of Jackie Chan took to Instagram yesterday to officially tell the world that's she gay -- in case you didn't get the memo.
    In her post on Thursday, 17-year-old Etta Ng, poses in front of a rainbow-colored background. The photo is captioned with a rainbow sticker and the tags: #lgbtqai #lgbt #lesbian #androgynous.

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    The majority of comments underneath Etta's posts are supportive with "Love is love" being the top choice. One commenter does write "You are an embarrassment to your father," but was clapped back by another commenter who responded: "You're an embarrassment to humanity."
    Etta is currently reported to be living in Hong Kong in a rented flat with her girlfriend, Andi Autumn, a 30-year-old Canadian social media star with nearly 100,000 followers on Instagram, where she posts mostly pink pictures.

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    The two were spotted last month by paparazzi walking hand-in-hand and embracing on an escalator. Reportedly, they are inseparable, sharing meals and wearing matching clothes.
    On the same day that Etta officially came out, Andi Autumn made a post on Instagram publicly declaring their love:
    I've never met anyone like @stolenmilktea . She has given me a chance to fully express the running thoughts in my head.
    No judgements, just understanding.
    Everything was against us. We've been pushed down again and again but its worth it knowing we will get through it together, side by side. ������ skip past all of the difficulties we've had this year, we are finally heading in the right direction, we have a path. We've encountered a lot of discrimination from family, friends, and the Hong Kong society. We are living in such an international city and yet so many people have their minds closed off. But none of it matters when I know every morning your going to be next to me. I love you.
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    Etta is the daughter of Jackie Chan and former Hong Kong beauty queen Elaine Ng. Born in 1999, she was raised in Shanghai before moving to Hong Kong with her mother in 2011. She has never had a relationship with her father, calling him "just a stranger," in a 2015 interview.
    However, Etta's relationship with her mother is also troubled. Last year, Ng was arrested by police after Etta accused her of child abuse. Later, Etta explained that she had reported her mother because she was worried about her drinking problem.
    Then in March, the two made headlines again after Etta had her mother arrested again on suspicion of criminal intimidation following a dispute that allegedly started when Ng found a packet of sedatives in her daughter's room. Soon afterward, Etta ended up at a Hong Kong hospital following a suspected suicide attempt.
    After that incident, the mother and daughter apparently made up before falling out once again, causing Etta to move out to start living with her new girlfriend.



    Jackie Chan has been married to Taiwanese actress Joan Lin since 1982 (after accidentally getting her pregnant). He has admitted that his affair with Ng was a mistake though adding that he had "only committed a fault that many men in the world commit." Ng decided to raise Etta on her own, and Chan has said that he doesn't plan to leave anything in his will to his daughter.
    Back in 2013, Chan came out of the closet as well... in support of LGBT people in a public service announcement for Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).

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    I just hope that Andi Autumn is genuine and not trying to capitalize on Etta's famous dad.
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    I Am Jackie Chan

    What's Jackie to do? I'm sure his album promo tour has been in the works for months. He couldn't account for the protests.

    Nevertheless, I want to hear I Am Jackie Chan.

    In Taiwan to promote a new album, Jackie Chan pleads ignorance on mass protests in Hong Kong
    "I only found out yesterday there was a big march in Hong Kong. I don't know anything about it."
    by Alex Linder June 13, 2019 in News



    Jackie Chan has evidently been so busy promoting his new album that he hasn’t had any time to notice the mass protests rocking his home city.

    On Wednesday, the movie star was in Taipei at a media event hyping up his latest album “I Am Jackie Chan,” his first album in 16 years. The event happened to coincide with tens of thousands of protesters surrounding the Legislative Council building in Hong Kong, angry over a controversial bill that would allow criminal suspects to be taken to mainland China for trial.

    When asked to give his thoughts on the situation, Chan pleaded ignorance. “I only found out yesterday there was a big march in Hong Kong. I don’t know anything about it,” he said.

    Chan has long been criticized in Hong Kong for his pro-Beijing views. The actor has never been shy to sing out China’s praises, literally doing so at two straight CCTV Spring Festival Galas. Last month, he was one of 200 of the city’s elite who joined in to sing the Chinese national anthem in a “flash mob” propaganda video.



    Back in 2014, Chan did offer his opinions on the Umbrella Movement, worrying that the protests were hurting Hong Kong’s economic future, writing on Weibo that:

    “I found out through the news that Hong Kong’s economic losses reached HK$350 billion [$51.9 billion] and I’m really worried . . . I believe every Hong Kong resident loves Hong Kong and wishes it well! Hong Kong’s bright tomorrow requires everyone’s support and hard work . . . In the song ‘Country,’ one line goes: ‘There is no prosperous home without a strong country.’ I am willing to work hard with everyone and return to rationality, to face the future, love our country, love our Hong Kong.”


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    Troubled times for HK

    I'm trying to imagine having to apologize to my fan base for having dinner with Jackie Chan.

    I'm also trying to imagine having a fan base.

    X Japan’s Yoshiki apologizes for having dinner with Jackie Chan
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    For a drummer, he really doesn’t have the best timing in the world.

    Although the visual kei style of Japanese rock group X Japan is often dark and violent, fans know all too well how sweet and endearing its members really are. From the occasionally befuddled charm of drummer Yoshiki to the Christmas pancakes of singer Toshi, these guys don’t seem to have a bad bone in their body.

    And on 12 June, Yoshiki’s social media accounts revealed what he thought would be an exciting image for his fans depicting a private dinner between himself and legendary martial arts actor Jackie Chan.


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    Considering your perspective on current events, you could interpret this photo two ways. On the one hand, it’s two giants of their respective arts having a chat over a nice dinner. On the other hand, it’s Yoshiki smiling and laughing with a prominent and outspoken supporter of the Communist Party of China, especially regarding issues with Taiwan and Hong Kong.

    And considering the bitter and violent protests currently taking place in Hong Kong over a controversial law that would allow the mainland to extradite people from the territory, it’s understandably not the best time to be yucking it up with Jackie Chan. So, Yoshiki did take a little heat from his photo in the replies on his Instagram and Twitter accounts: (replies presented as originally posted, with minor changes)

    “Shame….”
    “Jackie Chan is a supporter of dictatorship, you rather have dinner with him and ignored the president of the first democratic republic country in Asia?”
    “We hate jackie! just a running dog of communist china!”
    “We are X, and f*ck Jackie chan”
    “Why you can dinner with a sh*t?”
    “I live in Hong Kong I like [Chan], he is no saint but he has his merit.”
    “I am sorry, X and you is very important to me and i love you very much. but your photo with this guy made me cry and tear.”

    For the most part it was Chan who took most of the verbal abuse with Yoshiki only receiving the occasional “shame on you” and questions of “why?” Still, being the sensitive guy he is, Yoshiki couldn’t sit quiet after causing fans even mild discomfort.

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    If any of my posts made you feel like... I'm not considering any situation,
    I deeply apologize.
    I really care about all of my fans and friends.
    Love you,

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    And of course, being the sensitive bunch they are, X Japan fans were quick to support him.

    “I don’t know what kind of tweets you’ve got or seen, but we’ll always love you and you don’t have to worry about that.”
    “[Yoshiki] doesn’t do business with JC, neither he is involved with politics. It’s just a personal meeting for dinner, nothing more.”
    “Please don’t apologize for us. We know exactly how you feel. Thank you for your concern about us.”
    “What happened?”
    “I like Jacky chen and Yoshiki!!”
    “I think it’s his freedom to eat with any one. You should not argue about our own political issues with him.”
    “You guys should keep your politics and personal hatred out of Yoshiki sama’s page. Have some respect.”
    “It’s definitely bad timing, but no big deal really.”

    All’s well that ends well for the rock star who is by all accounts just a swell guy. Jackie Chan, however, seems to be hemorrhaging goodwill left and right these days. We can only hope that this isn’t hurting our good friend Jackie Chen‘s impersonation business too badly.

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