Boao Forum for Asia
Social critics point out that there is a degree of support for the so-called ""nucai" mentality" within elite circles, particularly by those who adhere by "Asian values". At the 2009 Boao Forum for Asia, actor Jackie Chan criticized Taiwanese and Hong Kong society as "chaotic" because they are "too free", saying "I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want." In the ensuing controversy, the Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan attacked Chan for having "too strong of a "nucai" mentality" () and demanded that the Taipei Municipal Government remove Chan as the spokesman of the Taipei Deaflympics.