The Huangpu ( pronunciation ), formerly romanized as Whangpoo , is a 113 km-long (70 mi) river flowing north through Shanghai . The Bund and Lujiazui are located along the Huangpu River.
94-670: Expo 2010 , officially the Expo 2010 Shanghai China , was held on both banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai , China , from 1 May to 31 October 2010. It was a major World Expo registered by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), in the tradition of international fairs and expositions, the first since 2005. The theme of the exposition was "Better City – Better Life" and signifies Shanghai's new status in
188-629: A film career spanning more than sixty years, he has appeared in over 150 domestic and international movies. Chan is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential martial artists in the history of cinema. After appearing in many Hong Kong films as a stuntman, Chan's first major breakthrough was the 1978 kung fu action comedy film Snake in the Eagle's Shadow . He then starred in similar kung fu action comedy films such as 1978's Drunken Master and 1980's The Young Master . In 1979, he made his directorial debut with The Fearless Hyena , which
282-558: A shanty town , Chan stopping a double-decker bus with his service revolver and a climactic fight scene in a shopping mall. This final scene earned the film the nickname "Glass Story" by the crew, due to the huge number of panes of sugar glass that were broken. During a stunt in this last scene, in which Chan slides down a pole from several stories up, the lights covering the pole had heated it considerably, resulting in Chan suffering second-degree burns , particularly to his hands, as well as
376-522: A Chinese-Indian project, which also starred Disha Patani , Sonu Sood and Amyra Dastur , was released. The film reunited Chan with director Stanley Tong , who directed a number of Chan's films in the 1990s. Upon release, the film was a huge success at the box office, and became the 5th highest-grossing film in China, one month after its release. In 2016, he teamed up with Johnny Knoxville and starred in his own production Skiptrace . Chan starred in
470-579: A back injury and dislocation of his pelvis upon landing. Chan performed similarly elaborate stunts in numerous other films, such as several Police Story sequels, Project A Part II , the Armour of God series, Dragons Forever , Drunken Master II , Rumble in the Bronx , and the Rush Hour series, among others. The dangerous nature of his stunts makes it difficult to get insurance, especially in
564-409: A daughter Etta Ng Chok Lam by her, born on 18 January 1999. It turned into a scandal within the media. Although he reportedly gave Elaine HK$ 70,000 each month for her living expenses and HK$ 600,000 when she moved to Shanghai, the transactions were later claimed to be nonexistent by her lawyer. Despite regretting the results of the affair, Chan said he had "only committed a fault that many men in
658-518: A dramatic role featuring no martial arts sequences with director Derek Yee , which sees Chan take on the role of a Chinese immigrant in Japan. The film was released on 2 April 2009. According to his blog, Chan discussed his wishes to direct a film after completing Shinjuku Incident , something he has not done for a number of years. The film was expected to be the third in the Armour of God series, and had
752-771: A film directed by Lo Wei . Lo saw Chan's performance in the John Woo film Hand of Death (1976) and planned to model him after Bruce Lee with the film New Fist of Fury . His stage name was changed to 成龍 (literally "becoming the dragon", Sing4 Lung4 in Jyutping or rarely as Cheng Long in pinyin ), to emphasize his similarity to Bruce Lee, whose stage name meant "Lee the Little Dragon" in Chinese. (Note that "dragon" in Lee's name referred to Lee's birth year being
846-610: A martial artist, Chan is also skilled in multiple forms of Kung-fu . He is also known to have trained in other martial art forms such as Karate, Judo, Taekwondo , and Jeet Kun Do . Chan joined his parents in Canberra, Australia in 1971, where he briefly attended Dickson College and worked as a construction worker. A fellow builder named Jack took Chan under his wing, thus earning Chan the nickname of "Little Jack", later shortened to "Jackie", which has stuck with him ever since. He began his film career by appearing in small roles at
940-547: A minor henchman who gets killed by Lee's character. Sammo Hung helped Chan get minor roles in both of the Bruce Lee films. Chan also worked as a martial arts choreographer for John Woo 's The Young Dragons (1974). In 1976, Jackie Chan received a telegram from Willie Chan , a film producer in the Hong Kong film industry who had been impressed with Jackie's stunt choreography work. Willie Chan offered him an acting role in
1034-472: A minor role in the 1981 film The Cannonball Run , which grossed over US$ 100 million worldwide. Despite being largely ignored by North American audiences in favour of established American actors such as Burt Reynolds , Chan was impressed by the outtakes shown at the closing credits , inspiring him to include the same device in his future films. After the commercial failure of The Protector in 1985, Chan temporarily abandoned his attempts to break into
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#17327729492951128-640: A more modern setting with 1984's Wheels on Meals and 1985's Police Story . Rumble in the Bronx (1995), which had a successful worldwide theatrical run, brought Chan into the North American mainstream. He gained international fame for portraying Chief Inspector Lee in the American buddy cop action comedy film Rush Hour (1998), a role he reprised in two sequels . Chan continued to work both in Hollywood and Hong Kong cinema, appearing in
1222-612: A pavilion for the Red Cross and Red Crescent and several others . The Urban Best Practice Area allowed cities and regions an opportunity to share experiences of improving urban living. San Francisco (a Shanghai sister city) was one participant here, as were Dafeng Town in Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Liverpool, London, Montreal, Rotterdam and Seoul. The Expo also included Chinese displays about Hong Kong and Ningbo. The Expo introduced numerous urban best practices and concepts from all over
1316-434: A performance by singers and dancers. The outdoor ceremony was produced by David Atkins Enterprises. 6,000 LED balls were floated into the Huangpu River representing fish. Organisers called the outdoor show "the largest searchlight display in history, the largest collection of multi-coloured laser firepower ever assembled in one place, the world's largest LED screen, one of the largest dancing water fountains ever, and
1410-590: A reboot of the Police Story franchise directed by Ding Sheng , and it was released in China at the end of 2013. Chan's next film Dragon Blade was released in early 2015 and co-starred Hollywood actors John Cusack and Adrien Brody . In 2015, Chan was awarded the title of " Datuk " by Malaysia as he helped Malaysia to boost its tourism, especially in Kuala Lumpur where he previously shot his films. In early 2017, Chan's new film titled Kung Fu Yoga ,
1504-424: A response to the late Bruce Lee and the numerous imitators who appeared before and after Lee's death. Lee's characters were typically stern, morally upright heroes. In contrast, Chan plays well-meaning, slightly foolish regular men, often at the mercy of their friends, girlfriends, or families, who always triumph in the end despite the odds. Additionally, he has stated that he deliberately styles his movement to be
1598-405: A romantic comedy that focused on personal relationships and featured only a few martial arts sequences. Although Chan had left Golden Harvest in 1999, the company continued to produce and distribute for two of his films, Gorgeous (1999) and The Accidental Spy (2001). Chan then helped create a PlayStation game in 2000 called Jackie Chan Stuntmaster , to which he lent his voice and performed
1692-686: A soldier in the Warring States period in China. He is the lone survivor of his army and must bring a captured enemy soldier Leehom Wang to the capital of his province. In 2010, he starred with Jaden Smith in The Karate Kid , a remake of the 1984 original . This was Chan's first dramatic American film. He plays Mr. Han, a kung fu master and maintenance man who teaches Jaden Smith's character kung fu so he can defend himself from school bullies. His role in The Karate Kid won him
1786-473: A sports arena and clam-shaped performing arts centre. Shanghai trained more than 1.7 million volunteers and adopted Olympic-level security measures, adding metal detectors to subway entrances and screening cars entering the city. The Shanghai Expo also featured an online version of the expo grounds featuring 3D renderings of the expo grounds, and a 3D version of the pavilion interior and offerings. The Shanghai World Expo provided an unparalleled opportunity for
1880-584: A time when it is laying the groundwork to become an international financial centre by 2020. A group of NGOs protested a month before the expo against the alleged displacement of 18,000 families in the Shanghai area in connection with the Expo. Dissident Feng Zhenghu was detained in mid April 2010 for threatening to publicly seek redress for them in the courts. According to the U.S. government-run Congressional-Executive Commission on China , Shanghai authorities used
1974-416: A tree and fractured his skull. Over the years, he has dislocated his pelvis and also broken numerous parts of his body, including his fingers, toes, nose, both cheekbones, hips, sternum, neck, ankle, and ribs. Promotional materials for Rumble in the Bronx emphasized that he performed all of the stunts, and one version of the movie poster even diagrammed his many injuries. Chan created his screen persona as
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#17327729492952068-511: A two-picture deal. Director Yuen Woo-ping allowed Chan complete freedom over his stunt work. The film established the comedic kung fu genre, and proved refreshing to the Hong Kong audience. The same year, Chan then starred in Drunken Master , which finally propelled him to mainstream success. Upon Chan's return to Lo Wei's studio, Lo tried to replicate the comedic approach of Drunken Master , producing and also showed new features at
2162-586: A working title of Armour of God III: Chinese Zodiac . The film was released on 12 December 2012. Because the Screen Actors Guild did not go on strike, Chan started shooting his next Hollywood movie The Spy Next Door at the end of October in New Mexico . In The Spy Next Door , Chan plays an undercover agent whose cover is blown when he looks after the children of his girlfriend. In Little Big Soldier , Chan stars alongside Leehom Wang as
2256-615: Is a Hong Kong actor, director, writer, producer, martial artist, and stuntman known for his slapstick - acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself. Before entering the film industry, he was one of the Seven Little Fortunes from the China Drama Academy at the Peking Opera School , where he studied acrobatics, martial arts, and acting. In
2350-567: Is a fan of the Italian duo Bud Spencer and Terence Hill , from whom he was inspired for his movies. Chan has performed most of his own stunts throughout his film career, which are choreographed by the Jackie Chan Stunt Team . The team was established in 1983, and Chan has used them in all his subsequent films to make choreographing easier, given his understanding of each member's abilities. Chan and his team undertake many of
2444-576: 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 recognized 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. Chan was born on 7 April 1954 in British Hong Kong as Chan Kong-sang to Charles and Lee-Lee Chan , political refugees from
2538-609: The 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony . Chan received his honorary Doctorate of Social Science degree in 1996 from the Hong Kong Baptist University . In 2009, he received another honorary doctorate from the University of Cambodia , and has also been awarded an honorary professorship by the Savannah College of Art and Design in Hong Kong in 2008. Chan is currently a faculty member of
2632-630: The Chinese Civil War . In circa 1937, Chan's father, originally named Fang Daolong, briefly worked as a secret agent for Lieutenant General Dai Li , the chief spy in Kuomintang-ruled China . For fear of being arrested by the communist government, Chan's father fled to British Hong Kong in the 1940s and changed his surname from Fang to Chan. Chan was his wife Chan Lee-lee's surname. Chan discovered his father's identity and changed his Chinese name to Fang Shilong ( 房仕龍 ) in
2726-650: The Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland and the Harvard Din & Tonics , and others. Haibao was the mascot of the Shanghai Expo 2010. It means treasure of the sea and was based on the Chinese character for man or person, "人". Some said that Haibao resembles Gumby , but the expo's secretariat said that it was an original design chosen through a competition and that they had never heard of Gumby. The main building – called " Expo Axis " – has
2820-515: The Dragon zodiac , not the Chinese dragon .) The film was unsuccessful because Chan was not accustomed to Lee's martial arts style. Despite the film's failure, Lo Wei continued producing films with similar themes, but with little improvement at the box office. Chan's first major breakthrough was the 1978 film Snake in the Eagle's Shadow , shot while he was loaned to Seasonal Film Corporation under
2914-563: The Hong Kong Avenue of Stars and the Hollywood Walk of Fame , as well as an honorary Academy Award for his "extraordinary achievements" in film. 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
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3008-637: The Qing dynasty decided to host China's first fair with the Nanyang industrial exposition . Shanghai scored the highest in each of the four rounds of voting at the 132nd Meeting of the Bureau of International Expositions in Prince's Palace of Monaco , Monte Carlo , Monaco, with Yeosu , South Korea maintaining second place. Yeosu later won the bid to host Expo 2012 , a three-month specialized world expo. In 2004,
3102-497: The pro-democracy camp boycotted an invitation to the expo by the Shanghai government because of the issue of political reform and the 2010 Hong Kong by-election . The Chinese government postponed the planned visit of 1,000 Japanese youths to the expo in September because of the 2010 Senkaku boat collision incident , which Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan called regrettable. State employees were given free one-day vouchers to
3196-633: The "largest light show ever attempted"." President Hu Jintao inaugurated the opening of the Shanghai World Expo. The closing ceremony was held on 31 October 2010, with numerous world leaders in attendance including Wen Jiabao , Prime Minister of China, Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa , Viktor Orbán , Prime Minister of Hungary, Mari Kiviniemi , Prime Minister of Finland, Hubert Ingraham , Prime Minister of Bahamas, Pakalitha Mosisili , Prime Minister of Lesotho, Ram Baran Yadav , President of Nepal and Ban Ki-moon , Secretary-General of
3290-618: The "most recognized star in the world". Despite the success of the Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon films, Chan became frustrated with Hollywood over the limited range of roles and lack of control over the filmmaking process. In response to Golden Harvest's withdrawal from the film industry in 2003, Chan started his own film production company, JCE Movies Limited (Jackie Chan Emperor Movies Limited) in association with Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG). His films have since featured an increasing number of dramatic scenes while continuing to succeed at
3384-461: The 2010 remake The Karate Kid and the upcoming Karate Kid: Legends (2025). For CZ12 (2012), he earned two Guinness World Records for "Most Stunts Performed by a Living Actor" and "Most Credits in One Movie". His against type performances include Shinjuku Incident (2009) and The Foreigner (2017). His voice acting work includes all three Chinese versions of Mulan (1998),
3478-863: The 2016 action-comedy Railroad Tigers and the 2017 action-thriller The Foreigner , an Anglo-Chinese production. He also starred in the 2017 science fiction film Bleeding Steel . He then teamed up with John Cena and starred in the 2023 Chinese-American co-production Hidden Strike . His films had collectively grossed HK$ 1.14 billion ( US$ 147 million ) at the Hong Kong box office up until 2010, over US$ 72 million in South Korea between 1991 and 2010, and ¥48.4 billion ( US$ 607 million ) in Japan up until 2012. In Europe, his films collectively sold about 84 million tickets between 1973 and 2010. As of 2021 , his films have grossed over CN¥ 14 billion ( US$ 2.17 billion ) in China, and US$ 1.84 billion (more than US$ 2.44 billion adjusted for inflation) in
3572-407: The 21st century as the "next great world city ". The Expo emblem features the Chinese character 世 ('world', Chinese "shì") modified to represent three people together with the 2010 date. It had the largest number of countries participating and was the most expensive Expo in the history of the world's fairs. The Shanghai World Expo was also the largest World's Fair site ever at 5.28 square km. By
3666-422: The 5.28 square kilometer site, exceeding the budget of 18 billion yuan. The opening ceremony was held in the evening of 30 April 2010 attended by dozens of world leaders. The ceremony consisted of an indoor and outdoor component. Jackie Chan , Lang Lang , and Andrea Bocelli were among the performers in the indoor component. The event featured an outdoor display of fireworks , lasers, and dancing fountains after
3760-777: The Bronx led to a 1996 release of Police Story 3: Super Cop in the United States under the title Supercop , which grossed a total of US$ 16,270,600. Chan's first huge blockbuster success came when he co-starred with Chris Tucker in the 1998 buddy cop action comedy Rush Hour , grossing US$ 130 million in the United States alone. This film made him a Hollywood star, after which he wrote his autobiography in collaboration with Jeff Yang entitled I Am Jackie Chan . In 1998, Chan released his final film for Golden Harvest, Who Am I? . After leaving Golden Harvest in 1999, he produced and starred alongside Shu Qi in Gorgeous ,
3854-688: The Chinese central government established the Shanghai World Expo Organising Committee as the organization dedicated to host the event. The Organising Committee set up an executive committee which is responsible for the execution and management of expo affairs. Besides, the Shanghai World Expo Coordination is founded for the daily affairs of the executive committee. The site of the event was the Nanpu Bridge – Lupu Bridge region in
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3948-541: The Favorite Buttkicker award at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in 2011. In Chan's next movie, Shaolin , he plays a supporting role as a cook of a temple instead of one of the major characters. His 100th movie, 1911 , was released on 26 September 2011. Chan was the co-director, executive producer, and lead star of the movie. While Chan has directed over ten films over his career, this
4042-608: The Huangpu River via a bridge: A number lines of the Shanghai Metro cross underneath the river, including Line 12 , Line 4 , Line 2 , Line 9 , Line 4 (twice), Line 8 , Line 13 , and Line 11 (from north to south geographically). There are several roadways which cross the Huangpu river via a tunnel, including: There are currently several ferry lines operated by Shanghai Ferry . Numerous tour boats also ply
4136-528: The Huangpu River; that involved moving 18,000 families and 270 factories, including the Jiang Nan Shipyard, which employs 10,000 workers. Six new subway lines were opened between 2008 and 2010; four thousand brand new taxis were added in the month before Expo 2010 opened and the city's buildings along the river were decorated with more energy-efficient LEDs. During the expo, the expo site was crowded with national pavilions, sculpture gardens, shops,
4230-793: The School of Hotel and Tourism Management at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University , where he teaches the subject of tourism management. As of 2015 , he also serves as the Dean of the Jackie Chan Film and Television Academy under the Wuhan Institute of Design and Sciences . In 1982, Chan married Joan Lin , a Taiwanese actress. Their son, singer and actor Jaycee Chan , was born that same year. Chan had an extra-marital affair with Elaine Ng Yi-Lei and has
4324-459: The Shanghai World Expo, a record number for that time. Over 73 million people visited Expo 2010 during the 184-day event, breaking the previous record of 64 million visitors set by Expo 70 in Osaka . Organizers had expected 70 million visitors at the start of the expo. About 5.8 percent of the visitors, or 4.25 million, were foreigners. Shanghai spent 11.964 billion yuan in operating cost to host
4418-464: The Shanghai government have announced plans to construct the world's only official World Expo Museum in Shanghai, on the Puxi side of the expo site. Construction began in 2012, and the museum opened its doors on 1 May 2017. More than 200 participants from Expo 2010 have donated over 30,000 exhibits to the future museum. The BIE has added into its formal requirements that all future Expo bidders shall support
4512-612: The US market, returning his focus to Hong Kong films . Back in Hong Kong, Chan's films began to reach a larger audience in East Asia, with early successes in the lucrative Japanese market including Drunken Master , The Young Master (1980) and Dragon Lord (1982). The Young Master went on to beat previous box office records set by Bruce Lee and established Chan as Hong Kong cinema's top star. With Dragon Lord , he began experimenting with elaborate stunt action sequences, including
4606-463: The United Nations. About 20,000 performances were set to be staged between 1 May and 31 October in 2010, many singers present at the expo song writing and preparation process since 2008. Performers included Alan Tam , Gigi Leung , Stephanie Cheng , Khalil Fong , Hacken Lee , Denise Ho , Hins Cheung , Vincy Chan , Philadelphia Boys Choir, National Boys Choir of Australia, Salut Salon ,
4700-602: The United States and Canada. As of 2018 , 48 of his films have collectively grossed more than US$ 5 billion at the worldwide box office. Chan had vocal lessons while at the Peking Opera School in his childhood. He began producing records professionally in the 1980s and has gone on to become a successful singer in Hong Kong and Asia. He has released 20 albums since 1984 and has performed vocals in Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Taiwanese and English. He often sings
4794-560: The United States where his stunt work is contractually limited. Chan holds the Guinness World Record for "Most Stunts by a Living Actor", which emphasizes that "no insurance company will underwrite Chan's productions in which he performs all his own stunts". Chan has been injured frequently when attempting stunts; many of them have been shown as outtakes or as bloopers during the closing credits of his films. He came closest to death filming Armour of God when he fell from
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#17327729492954888-566: The age of five as a child actor. At age eight, he appeared with some of his fellow "Little Fortunes" in the film Big and Little Wong Tin Bar (1962) with Li Li-Hua playing his mother. The following year, the young actor appeared in extras of Yen Chun's 1964 film Liang Shan Po and Chu Ying Tai and had a small role in King Hu 's 1966 film Come Drink with Me . In 1971, after an appearance as an extra in another kung Fu film, A Touch of Zen , Chan
4982-571: The box office; examples include New Police Story (2004), The Myth (2005) and the hit film Rob-B-Hood (2006). Chan's next release was the third instalment in the Rush Hour film series directed by Brett Ratner : Rush Hour 3 in August 2007. It grossed US$ 255 million. However, it was a disappointment in Hong Kong, grossing only HK$ 3.5 million during its opening weekend. Filming of The Forbidden Kingdom , Chan's first on-screen collaboration with fellow Chinese actor Jet Li ,
5076-463: The center of Shanghai along both sides of the Huangpu River . The area of the Expo 2010 covers 5.28 km. After winning the bid to host the Expo in 2002, Shanghai began a monumental task to reshape the city. More than $ 48 billion was spent for the preparation, more than the cost of cleaning up Beijing in the preparations for the Olympics in 2008. Shanghai began clearing 2.6 square kilometres along
5170-474: The character of Shang in the Chinese release of the Walt Disney animated feature Mulan (1998). He also performed the song "I'll Make a Man Out of You", for the film's soundtrack. For the US release, the speaking voice was performed by BD Wong and the singing voice was done by Donny Osmond . He also collaborated with Ani DiFranco on "Unforgettable". In 2007, Chan recorded and released "We Are Ready",
5264-506: The closing of the Expo, "Thanks to this Expo, millions of people learned about possibilities for making our cities healthier and safer, cities that better integrate nature and technology, cities that offer their citizens cleaner air and water, and better lives all around". Within Shanghai, the grounds of the former Expo site now constitute the Expo Park , including the former China Pavilion. The Bureau of International Expositions (BIE) and
5358-484: The end of the expo, over 73 million people had visited – a record attendance – and 246 countries and international organizations had participated. On 16 October 2010, the expo set a single-day record of over 1.03 million visitors. Shanghai has been one of the main cities envisioned to host the expos for some time. Many scholars have written about the possibility and made suggestions in books. Unofficial participation in fairs outside China have happened since 1851. In 1910,
5452-403: The event, making it the most expensive World Expo ever, but the organizers still made an operating profit of more than 1 billion yuan (US$ 157 million) thanks to the record attendance. The total revenue was 13.014 billion yuan, including 7.36 billion yuan in admission fees and almost 4 billion yuan in sponsorship income. However, the city invested another 19.74 billion yuan to prepare and construct
5546-568: The expo and the Korean pavilion allegedly denied. Huangpu River The Huangpu is the biggest river in central Shanghai, with the Suzhou Creek being its major tributary. It is on average 400 m (1,312 ft) wide and 9 m (30 ft) deep, and divides the city into two regions: Puxi ("west of Huangpu"), the traditional city center , and Pudong ("east of Huangpu"). The following roadways, highways, and railways also cross
5640-594: The expo as an excuse to conduct a surveillance, propaganda, and detention campaign against members of the banned Falun Gong spiritual group. Denmark controversially sent the original Little Mermaid statue from Copenhagen to the expo, putting a video replica recorded by dissident Ai Weiwei in its place. Some observers criticized the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office 's payment for the 9 Hong Kong undersecretaries to inspect infrastructure projects and hold discussions on city-to-city cooperation. Six legislators from
5734-479: The expo, and according to one worker, threatened with wage cuts, in order to fulfill the target of 70 million visitors. Long lines at the Germany pavilion caused visitors to shout " Nazi , Nazi" and attack workers, according to general commissioner for Germany's pavilion Dietmar Schmitz. Free tickets to an expo show featuring K-pop group Super Junior caused a stampede that injured 100 people, which spokespersons for
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#17327729492955828-486: The film Armour of God . The film was Chan's biggest domestic box office success up to that point, grossing over HK$ 35 million. In 1988, Chan starred alongside Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao for the last time to date in the film Dragons Forever . Hung co-directed with Corey Yuen , and the villain in the film was played by Yuen Wah , both of whom were fellow graduates of the China Drama Academy. In
5922-557: The final fight scene where he performs various stunts, including one where he does a back flip off a loft and falls to the lower ground. Chan produced a number of action comedy films with his opera school friends Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. The three co-starred together for the first time in 1983 in Project A , which introduced a dangerous stunt-driven style of martial arts that won it the Best Action Design Award at
6016-601: The final fight scene where he performs various stunts, including one where he does a backflip off a loft and falls to the lower ground. In 1983, Project A saw the official formation of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team and added elaborate, dangerous stunts to the fights and typical slapstick humor; at one point, Chan falls from the top of a clock tower through a series of fabric canopies. Critics have compared his comedic stunts in Project A to Buster Keaton , who
6110-443: The first three films in the Kung Fu Panda franchise (2008-2016), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023). The animated television series Jackie Chan Adventures (2000-2005) focuses on a fictionalized version of Chan. Chan is one of the most recognizable 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
6204-545: The harbour in the Pudong area. In March 2013, some 16,000 pig carcasses were found floating in the Huangpu River in Shanghai. Some of the pigs carried ear tags saying they were from Jiaxing , so that city in Zhejiang may be the source; One news agency indicates that dead pigs are often dumped into rivers in China to avoid the disposal cost. However local farmers deny the dumping allegation. Jackie Chan Fang Shilong SBS MBE PMW (born Chan Kong-sang ; 7 April 1954), known professionally as Jackie Chan ,
6298-486: The late 1980s and early 1990s, Chan starred in a number of successful sequels beginning with Project A Part II and Police Story 2 , which won the award for Best Action Choreography at the 1989 Hong Kong Film Awards . This was followed by Armour of God II: Operation Condor , and Police Story 3: Super Cop , for which Chan won the Best Actor Award at the 1993 Golden Horse Film Festival . In 1994, Chan reprised his role as Wong Fei-hung in Drunken Master II , which
6392-456: The late 1990s, the name he would have been named according to his kin's genealogy book . Chan's ancestral roots are located in Wuhu , Anhui . Chan spent his formative years within the grounds of the French consul's residence in the Victoria Peak , British Hong Kong, as his father worked as a cook there. Chan attended the Nah-Hwa Primary School on Hong Kong Island , where he failed his first year, after which his parents withdrew him from
6486-440: The motion capture. He continued his Hollywood success in 2000 when he teamed up with Owen Wilson in the Western action comedy Shanghai Noon . A sequel, Shanghai Knights followed in 2003 and also featured his first on-screen fight scene with Donnie Yen . He reunited with Chris Tucker for Rush Hour 2 (2001), which was an even bigger success than the original, grossing $ 347 million worldwide. Chan experimented with
6580-440: The nation's economic hub of Shanghai. The event received extensive media coverage in the Chinese media both in the lead up and during the World Expo. According to China analyst Tom Doctoroff, "In terms of what the city was able to achieve, the Chinese were impressed. Shanghai stepped up a level in internationalization". Outside China, the Expo propelled Shanghai onto magazine covers, newspaper front pages and television programmes at
6674-404: The new Expo Museum. The Shanghai Expo was touted by the Chinese government as yet another first-rate global scale event, similar in significance to the Beijing Olympics , which would symbolise the economic and political rise of China in the 21st century. The event would demonstrate to both the Chinese populace and foreign nations the enormous progress of China's urban development in the heart of
6768-560: The official one-year countdown song to the 2008 Summer Olympics which he performed at a ceremony marking the one-year countdown to the 2008 Summer Paralympics . Chan also released one of the two official Olympics albums, Official Album for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games – Jackie Chan's Version , which featured a number of special guest appearances. Chan performed "Hard to Say Goodbye" along with Andy Lau , Liu Huan and Wakin Chau , at
6862-523: The opposite of Lee's: where Lee held his arms wide, Chan holds his tight to the body; where Lee was loose and flowing, Chan is tight and choppy. Despite the success of the Rush Hour series, Chan has stated that he is not a fan of it since he neither appreciates the action scenes in the movie nor understands American humor. American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino classified Chan's style of acting and filmmaking as physical comedy , and considered him one of
6956-400: The role of Simon Phoenix , a criminal in the futuristic film Demolition Man . Chan declined and the role was taken by Wesley Snipes . Chan finally succeeded in establishing a foothold in the North American market in 1995 with a worldwide release of Rumble in the Bronx , attaining a cult following in the United States that was rare for Hong Kong movie stars. The success of Rumble in
7050-433: The school. In 1960, his father emigrated to Canberra , Australia to work as the head cook for the American embassy, and Chan was sent to the China Drama Academy , a Peking Opera School run by Master Yu Jim-yuen . Chan trained rigorously for the next decade, excelling in martial arts and acrobatics. He eventually became part of the Seven Little Fortunes , a performance group made up of the school's best students, gaining
7144-529: The stage name Yuen Lo ( 元樓 ) in homage to his master. Chan became close friends with fellow group members Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao , and the three of them later became known as the Three Brothers or Three Dragons . After entering the film industry, Chan along with Sammo Hung got the opportunity to train in hapkido under the grand master Jin Pal Kim, and Chan eventually attained a black belt . As
7238-418: The stunts performed by other characters in his films, shooting the scenes so that their faces are obscured. In the early 1980s, Jackie Chan began experimenting with elaborate stunt action sequences in films such as The Young Master (1980) and especially Dragon Lord (1982), which featured a pyramid fight scene that holds the record for the most takes required for a single scene, with 2900 takes, and
7332-570: The theme songs of his films, which play over the closing credits . Chan's first musical recording was "Kung Fu Fighting Man", the theme song played over the closing credits of The Young Master (1980). At least 10 of these recordings have been released on soundtrack albums for the films. His Cantonese song "Story of a Hero" (英雄故事) (theme song of Police Story ) was selected by the Royal Hong Kong Police and incorporated into their recruitment advertisement in 1994. Chan voiced
7426-479: The third annual Hong Kong Film Awards . Over the following two years, the "Three Brothers" appeared in Wheels on Meals and the original Lucky Stars trilogy. In 1985, Chan made the first Police Story film, a crime action film in which Chan performed a number of dangerous stunts. It won Best Film at the 1986 Hong Kong Film Awards . In 1986, Chan played "Asian Hawk", an Indiana Jones -esque character, in
7520-640: The time with Jackie as the Stunt Director Half a Loaf of Kung Fu and Spiritual Kung Fu . He also gave Chan the opportunity to make his directorial debut in The Fearless Hyena . When Willie Chan left the company, he advised Jackie to decide for himself whether or not to stay with Lo Wei. During the shooting of Fearless Hyena Part II , Chan broke his contract and joined Golden Harvest , prompting Lo to blackmail Chan with triads , blaming Willie for his star's departure. The dispute
7614-458: The tourism industry. During 2010's Spring Festival, Shanghai received 2.79 million tourists, an increase of 12 percent from the previous year, resulting in record high numbers of visitors. Overall Shanghai's tourism revenue achieved an increase of 13 percent year on year during Spring Festival, resulting in RMB 2.1 billion in total revenue. 192 countries and 50 organizations registered to participate in
7708-510: The use of special effects and wirework for the fight scenes in his next two Hollywood films, The Tuxedo (2002) and The Medallion (2003), which were not as successful critically or commercially. In 2004, he teamed up with Steve Coogan in Around the World in 80 Days , loosely based on Jules Verne 's novel of the same name . In 2004, film scholar Andrew Willis stated that Chan was "perhaps"
7802-486: The well-received Shanghai Noon (2000) and Shanghai Knights (2003) in the Shanghai film series, New Police Story (2004), Rob-B-Hood (2006), Little Big Soldier (2010), and Shaolin (2011), among others. The US-China co-production The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) marked his first collaboration with fellow martial arts star Jet Li . He has played martial arts mentor Mr. Han in two Karate Kid films,
7896-458: The world commit". During the incident, Elaine stated she would take care of her daughter without Chan. Chan speaks Cantonese , Mandarin , English, and American Sign Language and also speaks some German, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, and Thai . Chan is an avid football fan and supports the Hong Kong national football team , the England national football team , and Manchester City . He
7990-582: The world which the organisers hope will be a lasting legacy for better urban life in China and around the world. It advocated for future development to focus on environmental sustainability, efficiency and diversity. The innovations and achievements of the event were summarised in the Shanghai Declaration issued by the participants of the Expo. The declaration also nominated the Shanghai Expo's closing day 31 October as "World Better Cities Day". United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated at
8084-1985: The world's largest membrane construction and was built by SBA (architects) and Knippers Helbig (structural engineers). The building consists of some steel-glass funnels with a 1,000 m long membrane construction. The main construction was completed at the end of 2009. There were five central theme pavilions at the Expo 2010, exploring different aspects of urban development. They were called Urban Footprints , Urban Planet , Urbanian , City Being , and Urban Future . National pavilions included: Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Pacific Pavilion, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam and Yemen. Corporate pavilions included: Aurora Pavilion, Broad Pavilion, China Railway, China State Shipbuilding Corporation Pavilion, Coca-Cola Pavilion, Cisco Pavilion, Information and Communication Pavilion, Oil Pavilion, Japanese Industry, PICC, Private Enterprises Joint Pavilion, Republic of Korea Business, SAIC-GM Pavilion, Shanghai Corporate Joint Pavilion, Space Pavilion, Space Home Pavilion, State Grid and Vanke Pavilion. The Expo also included
8178-406: Was a box office success. Throughout the 1980s, he was part of the "Three Dragons" along with Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao ; the three starred in six Hong Kong films together. 1983's Project A saw the official formation of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team and established Chan's signature style of elaborate, dangerous stunts combined with martial arts and slapstick humor, a style he further developed in
8272-414: Was also known to perform his own stunts, although Chan himself had not watched Keaton's films until years after Project A released; according to Chan, Project A was an evolution of the action stunt work he had been doing in earlier kung Fu comedy films since The Young Master . Police Story (1985) contained many large-scale action scenes, including an opening sequence featuring a car chase through
8366-748: Was completed on 24 August 2007 and the movie was released in April 2008. The movie featured heavy use of effects and wires. Chan voiced Master Monkey in Kung Fu Panda (released in June 2008), appearing with Jack Black , Dustin Hoffman , and Angelina Jolie . In addition, he has assisted Anthony Szeto in an advisory capacity for the writer-director's film Wushu , released on 1 May 2008. The film stars Sammo Hung and Wang Wenjie as father and son. In November 2007, Chan began filming Shinjuku Incident ,
8460-578: Was his first directorial work since Who Am I? in 1998. 1911 premiered in North America on 14 October. While at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, Chan announced that he was retiring from action films citing that he was getting too old for the genre. He later clarified that he would not be completely retiring from action films, but would be performing fewer stunts and taking care of his body more. In 2013, Chan starred in Police Story 2013 ,
8554-756: Was listed in Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Movies. Another sequel, Police Story 4: First Strike , brought more awards and domestic box office success for Chan, but did not fare as well in foreign markets. By the mid-1990s, he was the most popular action movie star in Asia and Europe. Up until January 1995, his films had grossed over HK$ 500 million ( US$ 70 million ) in Hong Kong and ¥39 billion ( US$ 415 million ) in Japan, while having sold over 33 million box office admissions in France, Germany, Italy and Spain up until then. Despite his international success, he
8648-527: Was not very successful in North America, where he had only two wide releases as a leading actor, The Big Brawl and The Protector , grossing US$ 9.51 million ( US$ 32 million adjusted for inflation). Despite this, there was a thriving North American home video market for Chan's Hong Kong films by the mid-1990s. Chan rekindled his Hollywood ambitions in the 1990s, but refused early offers to play villains in Hollywood films to avoid being typecast in future roles. For example, Sylvester Stallone offered him
8742-430: Was resolved with the help of fellow actor and director Jimmy Wang Yu , allowing Chan to stay with Golden Harvest. Willie Chan became Jackie's personal manager and firm friend, and remained so for over 30 years. He was instrumental in launching Chan's international career, beginning with his first forays into the American film industry in the 1980s. His first Hollywood film was The Big Brawl in 1980. Chan then played
8836-633: Was signed to Chu Mu's Great Earth Film Company. Chan appeared in the Bruce Lee film Fist of Fury (1972), both as an extra and as a stunt double for the Japanese villain Hiroshi Suzuki (portrayed by Chikara Hashimoto ), particularly during the final fight scene where Lee kicks him and he flies through the air. Chan again appeared in another Bruce Lee film, Enter the Dragon (1973), as
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