The decision to produce a film glorifying China’s Communist party in a town destroyed by civil war has been described as ‘appallingly bad taste’



France24

France

IS ex-bastion in Syria hosts Jackie Chan film shoot

Middle East News: HAJAR AL ASWAD, Syria: A ghost town since a 2018 operation to flush out jihadists, Hajar al-Aswad near the Syrian capital has come back to life as the.

Media Bias/Fact Check

Times of India

India

Jackie Chan has been accused of helping to normalise the Syrian regime after using a Damascus suburb bombed by Bashar al-Assad as the set for a Chinese propaganda film.

Irish Independent

Mediahuis

Ireland

Jackie Chan faces flak for using a bombed Syrian suburb as set for Chinese propaganda film

Home Operation, inspired by China’s 2015 evacuation of Chinese and other foreign citizens from the Yemen war, is being shot in Hajar al-Aswad.

Ad Fontes Media

All Sides

South China Morning Post

Alibaba Group

Hong Kong

War-torn Syrian town springs back to life with Jackie Chan film shoot

Activists are angry at the actor for filming in destroyed neighbourhoods ‘as if nothing has happened in order to make money’

The Telegraph

Press Holdings

David and Frederick Barclay

London

Greater London

England

United Kingdom

Jackie Chan under fire for using bombed Syrian town as film set

The film is inspired by China's 2015 evacuation of Chinese and other foreign citizens from the war in Yemen.
Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times

Singapore Press Holdings

Singapore

Ruins of a former Islamic State stronghold become a setting for a Chinese film on the civil war in Yemen

Russia Today [🇷🇺-affiliated]

Government of Russia

State Media

Russia

Former ISIS bastion becomes setting for Jackie Chan film

A ghost town since a 2018 operation to flush out jihadists, Hajar al-Aswad near the Syrian capital has come back to life as the location of a Jackie Chan-produced action movie.

Government of France

Martial arts movie legend Jackie Chan is to co-produce a Chinese movie partially filmed in Syria inspired by events surrounding Beijing's 2015 naval evacuation of Chinese and other foreign citizens ...

Middle East Monitor

Jackie Chan is producing Chinese action movie shot in Syria, set in Yemen

A ghost town since a 2018 operation to flush out jihadists, Hajar al-Aswad near the Syrian capital has come back to life as the location of a Jackie Chan-produced action movie."Home Operation" is inspired by China's 2015 evacuation of Chinese and other foreign citizens from the war in Yemen, an operation that was seen as a landmark for Beijing.Yemen was deemed too dangerous a venue to shoot and some scenes of the film, which is also backed by an…

Al-Monitor

Jamal Daniel

Washington

District of Columbia

United States

War scenes for a new Jackie Chan production were reportedly filmed in the ruined regime-held Syrian city of al-Hajar al-Aswad, south of the capital Damascus, according to reports, triggering fury among activists.

ISIS ex-bastion in Syria hosts Jackie Chan film shoot

Coverage Details

Bias Distribution

Ownership

Similar News Topics

Similar News Topics