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Kritik mot att Jackie Chan filmar action i Syrien

Actionstjärnan och producenten Jackie Chan får kritik för att han filmar krigsscener till nya filmen ”Home operation” i den ödelagda syriska staden Al-Hajar al-Aswad, enligt The New Arab.

”Det är skamligt att filma i ruinerna av syriska hem som förstördes av Assadregimen”, säger den syriske journalisten Fared Al Mahlool till tv-kanalen, och kallar Kina för en ”fascistregim”.

Spökstaden söder om Damaskus var ett IS-fäste fram till 2018, då den i stort sett jämnades med marken när regeringsstyrkor återtog kontrollen.

Handlingen i ”Home operation” bygger på Kinas evakuering av en grupp medborgare från kriget i Jemen, som ansågs för farligt att filma i, skriver AFP.

Jackie Chan producerar filmen men har inga planer på att resa till Syrien, enligt Middle East Monitor.

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Fang Shilong (born 7 April 1954), known professionally in English as Jackie Chan and in Chinese as 成龍 (Sing4 Lung4 in Jyutping, lit. "becoming the dragon"), is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for his slapstick acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself. Chan has been acting since the 1960s, performing in more than 150 films. He is one of the most popular action film stars of all time.Chan is one of the most recognisable and influential film personalities in the world, with a widespread global following in both the Eastern and Western hemispheres. He has received fame stars on the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Chan has been referenced in various pop songs, cartoons, films, and video games. He is an operatically trained vocalist and is also a Cantopop and Mandopop star, having released a number of music albums and sung many of the theme songs for the films in which he has starred. He is also a globally known philanthropist and has been named one of the top 10 most charitable celebrities by Forbes magazine. In 2004, film scholar Andrew Willis stated that Chan was perhaps the "most recognised film star in the world." In 2015, Forbes estimated his net worth to be $350 million, and as of 2016, he was the second-highest-paid actor in the world.

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