Chan made the comments last year
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Action movie star Jackie Chan has apologised to the people of Taiwan over comments he made about last year's disputed elections.
The Hong Kong actor enraged some Taiwanese when he described the country's 2004 elections as "the biggest joke in the world".
But Chan - who stars in Rush Hour and Rumble in the Bronx - also said his comments had been taken out of context.
His comments had prompted calls for Chan's films to be banned in Taiwan.
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Chan apologised for his comments in a five-page open letter to the Taiwan media.
"There have been a lot of reporters who are still asking me about the so-called 'turbulence' I have caused," he wrote.
"I, Jackie Chan, am a big man and ... would take responsibility for what I said," he wrote in a five-page open letter to Taiwanese media.
"But I cannot accept that some people who purposefully took certain words from me and developed them without limit, twisted them and arbitrarily put charges on me."
Chan blamed a handful of unidentified journalists for the furore, adding that his criticism of Taiwan's disputed election "meant well" to the Taiwanese people.
"Some people ... said that I hurt the feelings of all Taiwanese people, I don't agree with that," he added.
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