Faithless
08-28-2006, 12:33 AM
Supposedly, "In the southern Chinese city of Shunde ...", which also hosts a Bruce Lee museum (http://voyage.typepad.com/china/2005/07/first_bruce_lee.html).
Now, whose more of an icon? Lennon or Lee? :rolleyes:
What's In a Name? Cash -- Bruce Lee's family tries to guard his legacy against Chinese entrepreneurs looking to turn a profit. (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-brucelee27aug27,0,554482.story?coll=la-home-entertainment)
By Robert W. Welkos and Don Lee, Times Staff Writers | August 27, 2006
In the southern Chinese city of Shunde, a two-hour boat ride from Hong Kong, government officials are finalizing plans to build a Bruce Lee theme park, complete with a memorial hall and a large statue of the man they call the town's favorite "son."
Never mind that the legendary Chinese American kung fu star was born in San Francisco and visited Shunde only briefly, when he was a boy of 5. Shunde is the hometown of Lee's father and grandfather, and that was enough for local resident Wang Dechao to prod the government to plow $125,000 into opening a Bruce Lee museum in an old teashop in Shunde in 2002.
Since then, more than 300,000 people, some paying $1 for admission, have come to see its collection of Bruce Lee's rare letters, film posters and other memorabilia. Wang, who now works for Shunde's cultural and sports authority, hopes to move the museum to the new theme park, which he says is projected to cost $19 million and open before the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
CCTV, China's national network, has plans to produce a 40-part documentary about Bruce Lee. Meanwhile, Bruce Lee's brother, Robert, is planning a movie about him, as is one of Lee's former students. They all have their sights set on completing the works by the Beijing Olympics.
"I believe we will see another round of Bruce Lee fever," Wang said.
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Now, whose more of an icon? Lennon or Lee? :rolleyes:
What's In a Name? Cash -- Bruce Lee's family tries to guard his legacy against Chinese entrepreneurs looking to turn a profit. (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-brucelee27aug27,0,554482.story?coll=la-home-entertainment)
By Robert W. Welkos and Don Lee, Times Staff Writers | August 27, 2006
In the southern Chinese city of Shunde, a two-hour boat ride from Hong Kong, government officials are finalizing plans to build a Bruce Lee theme park, complete with a memorial hall and a large statue of the man they call the town's favorite "son."
Never mind that the legendary Chinese American kung fu star was born in San Francisco and visited Shunde only briefly, when he was a boy of 5. Shunde is the hometown of Lee's father and grandfather, and that was enough for local resident Wang Dechao to prod the government to plow $125,000 into opening a Bruce Lee museum in an old teashop in Shunde in 2002.
Since then, more than 300,000 people, some paying $1 for admission, have come to see its collection of Bruce Lee's rare letters, film posters and other memorabilia. Wang, who now works for Shunde's cultural and sports authority, hopes to move the museum to the new theme park, which he says is projected to cost $19 million and open before the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
CCTV, China's national network, has plans to produce a 40-part documentary about Bruce Lee. Meanwhile, Bruce Lee's brother, Robert, is planning a movie about him, as is one of Lee's former students. They all have their sights set on completing the works by the Beijing Olympics.
"I believe we will see another round of Bruce Lee fever," Wang said.
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