Beijing - Actor Jet Li, attending the Apec summit last week, spoke for the first time about becoming a Singapore citizen.

According to Sina.com, he said in a Taiwan media interview: 'Singapore is cleaner (than other cities) and safer, and has a warmer climate. I was attracted to its bilingual education policy, multi-culturalism and Western-style corporate culture.'

He said his wife Nina has been supporting him for more than a year while he stopped acting and worked on his charity, One Foundation.

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