Dragon's Heart News

Jackie sent 84 sets of warm clothing to poverty stricken and disabled residents of Yanji City, Jilin Province. 28 families attended the ceremony to hand over the warm winter clothes.

The afternoon of December 22, the state-cum-together was held in Yanji City, Charity Chan's "Dragon Seed Heart" project of the Working Group as "Dragon Seed Heart" poverty-stricken people with disabilities residential homes winter clothes distribution ceremony. The ceremony, on behalf of 28 residents came to the scene for themselves and their families received the cotton-padded clothes. Although they each person has different degrees of disability, but after wearing cotton-padded clothes, his face showing a different kind warm smile.

It is understood that Jackie Chan went to Beijing a few days ago when he heard "Dragon Seed Heart" project of the Working Group will go to some parts of Jilin Province condolences miss played a new Economic Development Zone is located in Yanji city, "Dragon Seed Heart" place to live inside the 28 poverty-stricken Area families of disabled people, asked Miss Deng Jun, director of the Working Group said: "The cold winter of the Northeast and hope 'Dragon Seed Heart' homes residential households in the attention of the body, do not cold, I will see them empty." Jun Deng said, , in addition to people warm words, Jackie Chan also sent someone ordered the 84 cotton-padded clothes, transportation to the Yanji City Charity Federation, through the charitable arm of a unified distributed to 28 of 84 populations.

LI Zhen-Yu is a resident on behalf of physically disabled persons, the age of six suffering from polio left leg disability. She told reporters that when she and her family life is very embarrassment, when the mind has become very fragile, "Dragon Seed Heart" Home Safety District Office, she had a place to live. The formal inauguration of this year after the district's first winter, the family has put on a special ordered for them, "Dragon Seed Heart" cotton-padded clothes, this care if a fire, people with disabilities in the poverty-stricken heart is always warm, and bright.

Source: Yanbian News or TRANSLATED

Jackie Chan - Peace, peace, peace

As friendly as many of his characters on screen, Jackie Chan made a rushed visit to Cambodia on Nov. 10 and 11 as part of the ongoing “Bridges” lecture series on peace. In a one-on-one with AsiaLIFE’s Nora Lindstrom, he spoke about the ongoing diplomatic row between Cambodia and Thailand, what being Chinese means to him, and who would win a fight between him and Chuck Norris.

AL: You arrived in Cambodia last night, what has the experience been like so far?

JC: I’ve been here three times. Every time it’s rushed – hotel, then location, back and forth, then leave.

AL: This time you’ve come from Thailand to Cambodia in the middle of a political crisis between the two countries. In your lecture today, how will you address this issue and talk about peace in this context?

JC: Governments are too big for me, I don’t understand what they are doing. But you can choose a friend, not choose the neighbour. [Cambodia and Thailand] have been right beside each other for millions of years – if you always argue then no one will be happy. Why can’t we help each other rather than hate each other? I think there must be a way, just to talk about the problem. I’ve travelled to so many countries, and I always ask “Why?”. I don’t understand why. I don’t understand politics. Why do they think the land belongs to them? Cambodia belongs to me, the world belongs to us – who set up the borders? Who set up the rules? I just don’t understand. I’ve just finished a movie called ‘A Little Big Soldier’. The whole movie is against war. We’ve had the script for about ten years, but I haven’t had time to shoot it. For the last couple of years however, I’ve seen the war going on in the Middle East and I just don’t understand why people set off bombs amongst ordinary people. I don’t know the inside story, but I just can’t understand why, so that’s why I went back, took my script out and decided to make the movie.

AL: Your visit to Cambodia is very short. Who have you been meeting and what have you been talking about?

JC: I can’t remember, I’ve visited so many people! I’ve been travelling for 22 days – I’ve already forgotten what I did yesterday. [Received by Deputy Prime Minister Sok An in the morning, during which the two discussed future filming possibilities in Cambodia. Night before Jackie Chan performed live on CTN together with Cambodian stars and celebrities.] The songs in Cambodia are so good. I really hope I can go online to find out the lyrics. They are really simple, about loving your country, loving your home, but so meaningful. I hope someone can find the lyrics. Right now, I’m no longer interested in making movies just to have fun and make money. Now, when I do something I do it for a reason. Otherwise I’m not going to do it. I’m famous enough, I’m rich enough. Now, people ask me why I don’t go home and have a rest after finishing a movie. I can make one million a day. But I want to do charity, because I believe I have the responsibility for my own city, for the world. I don’t know how many people I can help, I don’t know how many things I can do – maybe it’s zero – but it makes me happy. When I sleep, I sleep very tight, because I’m helping somebody. If I come to Cambodia, or Vietnam, or Thailand, and I can help one person, that’s enough.

AL: You were recently in Vietnam taking part in Operation Smile. What was that experience like?

JC: Wow! I’ve been helping Operation Smile for 20 years, but mostly I’ve just been doing charity premieres and balls to raise money to send to them. Sometimes I’ve visited the children. But this time was different because I went into the operation room and... You can’t imagine what they do – I almost fainted! Someone behind me had to prop me up. But it was really touching. After the operation I saw the mum and she cried, because she could see the future of the child. The future of the child in which he can speak perfectly, he can drink, he can eat and he can go to school without people making fun of him. There’s so many of them. When you travel, there are so many people like him, like you, helping other people. We help people build homes, we help people fix cleft lips, in Cambodia we help victims of landmines... Everything can be destroyed in a second by a bullet or a bomb, and it takes decades to rebuild. Stop doing this! I ask why not help each other? If you help people then people will help you. All over the world, wherever I go people help me.

AL: Do you have any upcoming projects in Cambodia?

JC: In my next movie, there will be one shot from Cambodia, from Angkor Wat. After the first time I came to Cambodia, I went home and immediately wrote a script. The story is based in the 70s during the Khmer Rouge, and it’s about landmines. It starts with me in Hong Kong and I am a bad person. I escape to Cambodia and meet a volunteer who helps me go into the jungle. But actually I cheat her because I want to buy drugs in the jungle. But then I see how children get blown up by landmines, and in the end I leave the opium and help the children run away. Years later I’m at a college speaking and I take off my pants, and I have no legs. How many landmines are there in the world, how many children are going to die? That’s the movie I want to make.

AL: On your blog you write about participating in the 60th anniversary celebrations in China. What does being Chinese mean to you?

JC: It means a lot. When I was young, I was born in Hong Kong. I didn’t know what nationality I was. We were under the British, but we were Chinese. We couldn’t go to China, but we could not go to England either. Even if we had passports, when we went to England we still had to request visas. But I was British! That made me unhappy. It made me wonder who I was. So when Hong Kong was returned to China I could finally tell people I’m Chinese. Wherever I went before people asked “Are you Chinese?”, “No, I’m from Hong Kong”, “Are you British?” Sigh. I couldn’t even speak English! But now I can tell people, I am Chinese. I’m very lucky, and China, for the last ten years it’s just boomed and become very strong.

AL: How do you perceive China’s role in the world?

JC: I’m happy now. China suffered so many decades, you can see it. We are a new country, only 60 years old. We’re not talking about 5,000 years. We’re only 60 and for the last 50 years we’ve suffered a lot. I was not in China, I was in Hong Kong, but I saw the news. But boom, suddenly, we’ve got peace. No more problems with neighbours. Now we have peace, although there are still some things going on. I think every country should have peace. War, it only destroys people – you destroy your own country.

AL: Final question, who would win a fight between you and Chuck Norris?

JC: He would win. Because I’m the one who talks about peace. That’s the problem, everyone thinks they’re strong. If you beat me, or even if you kill me, I might knock your teeth out - we both get hurt. Before, I wanted to be a bouncer and that’s why I learnt so many martial arts. Later on, I found out I had hurt somebody and run away. Two days later I found out his tooth was still in my hand. I thought there was a problem with my bone. I didn’t know if I’d killed the guy or just knocked him down – I was scared for a whole month. Every day I watched the newspaper to find out if I maybe I’d killed someone... If you hurt somebody, you hurt yourself. In fighting, you both get hurt. That’s why when the International Peace Foundation contacted me I said yes. I’ll come right away.

For more information about the “Bridges” lecture series, organised by the International Peace Foundation, please visit www.peace-foundation.net.

ASIA LIFE GUIDE

Didn't Jackie meet King Norodom Sihamoni as well? I know the news reports said he was supposed to ...


I just answered my own question ...

Sing Tao Global Network News: Jackie Chan the day before yesterday in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh to participate in "peaceful dialogue and cultural bridge program" activities, stay three days met with King Norodom Sihamoni and Prime Minister Hun Sen of local, as well as lectured at universities in Cambodia, and students talked about trend peace, education, employment and other topics, Jackie Chan and receive an honorary doctorate awarded to anthropology.

Jackie Chan in Cambodia this trip with the local artistes, singing Chinese songs, "We are one people", "plainly My Heart", but also with a public artist singing an English song "We are the world". Jackie Chan has visited Cambodia three times, each time a warm welcome by local people.

National Day Celebrations in Beijing

September 18th, the 60th anniversary of New China was held in Beijing, the last time a comprehensive exercise, which is from the 4th since late last month exercise. With the relevant information has been reported that the National Day Gala Celebration highlights the "mystery" gradually lifted.

It is learned that the evening of October 1, will be held in Beijing's Tiananmen Square to "praise of the motherland, Acura era, inspiring" as the theme of the Festival, Tiananmen Square and other designated areas will discharge fireworks.

Great Exposure music singer

National Day Festival can be described as a star-studded, many performing stars will be joining them, in order to sing the blessings of the new China 60 birthday song. These include Peng Liyuan, Jackie Chan, Song Zuying, Liu Yuanyuan, Cai Guoqing, Qianbai Hui, Dai Yuqiang, Sun Yue, Xie Xiaodong, as well as from Hong Kong from Taiwan Xiongtian Ping Tse and so on.

This reporter saw the scene at the Festival dress rehearsal, the entire party in the strong momentum, "My Motherland" opened in music filled the fireworks and dazzling performances, making a solemn opening and filled with a thick atmosphere of the festive atmosphere, net Fireworks screen moment "burn out" of the "land so Jiao," the word is even more beautiful.

In Lv Wei, Li Danyang such as singing the "I love China" Phantom, the first chapter, "This is the great motherland," the official start, the audience nearly 11 squares 60000 people danced a dance at the same time. It is reported that each square dance choreography different, and this is the 50th anniversary of the most different places.

In the second chapter, the "take-off in China" has become the subject of the performance, Tan Jing, Liao Changyong chorus a "Today is your birthday," Song Zuying, Chen Sisi, Dai Yuqiang, also sang the "good life", "Zhu Jiuge" "We walk in the road" and other songs.

The third part from the traditional into the modern China, showing that a "youth fashion" in China. In the dress rehearsal the night of 12, Sun Yue, Xie Xiaodong, these young singers of the "youth of China," "Let us Dangqi sculls" and other songs sometimes dynamic, sometimes lyrical, bearing the message "Lantern Dance", "Lala Cao "and so has the fashion sense of young dance steps, the entire square and went to rhythm and beats in the beat. It is reported that Hong Kong singer Nicholas Tse and Xiongtian Ping from Taiwan, will also appear in this session.

In the last section, from a small songs, Peng Liyuan singing "Sunshine on the road" will show to a climax, "Dancing with the song" big get-together started. In the Jackie Chan and Liu Yuanyuan chorus of "Guo Jia" and "Youth Friendship Waltz" and the music plays, audience nearly 60 000 people enjoy dancing, singing, the whole square will be boiling.

Fireworks will have a new bright spot

Another feature is the evening fireworks discharge. The difficulty of the fireworks discharge coefficient is the highest in the history of the domestic performances, when there will be praised even more than the fireworks of the Olympic games, "smile." It is reported that up to this year's fireworks art form, its size, shape, art and design is the first time. By then, people will see a scene of spectacular, gorgeous colorful fireworks.

HLJ NEWS.CN

Interesting article on Charity

Here is an interesting article on charity in China. I quote the section about Jackie below, but please go and read the whole article. It is not a bad translation and gives the charitable activities for a variety of stars (Andy Lau, Jet Li, Faye Wong, Zhang Ziyi amongst others) as well as discussing the importance and effect public acts of charity have.

1. Jackie Chan: Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation

"Uninterrupted commitment to public welfare undertakings, so that transmission of immortal love." Jackie Chan's love in the dictionary never stood so wishes. Established in 1988, Jackie Chan "Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation," has been around the world adhere to go to carry out charity work. Beijing, South Africa, Bangkok, Indonesia, Athens, Vietnam, Moscow, Portugal, India and many other countries and regions have left the footsteps of their good deeds. In August 2004, Jackie Chan has set up a "China Social Work Association, Jackie Chan, Albert Yeung public charitable funds." Initiated the "Dragon Seed Heart" public charitable activities.

Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation, mainly targeted at helping poor children, people with disabilities, living alone and in need of social assistance to vulnerable groups and those in the field of science and the arts rather the pursuit of students.

2006 Chinese star Jackie Chan as the only one named "Forbes" magazine's "Global Top Ten Star Charity," and he had decided to donate half of his property, "Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation."

SINA.NEWS