Jackie Chan criticises Chinese film censorship

"I know there's a risk to saying this, but I do not care now, because it seems normal that I speak inappropriately," he said.

Director Feng Xiaogang (Rex Features)

Feng Xiaogang, one of China's most famous directors, also hit out at the dead hand of the censors. "Don't make directors tremble with fear every day like [they are] walking on thin ice," he said.

"Is the patriotism, political judgment and artistic taste of the censors better than ours, the directors?" he added.

"We don't have a 'film censorship law'; to kill a film or not depends on examiners. Is their patriotism, political judgment and artistic taste better than ours, the directors?" he said.

Two of Mr Feng's films, Assembly (2007) and Aftershock (2010), had to be changed to comply with censorship and Assembly was nearly banned.

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Jackie Chan criticises Chinese film censorship