Jet Li

Li Lianjie ([lì ljɛ̌ntɕjě]; born 26 April 1963), better known by his English stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese film actor, film producer, martial artist, and wushu champion who was born in Beijing. He is a naturalized Singaporean citizen.

After three years of intensive training with Wu Bin, Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team. After retiring from Wushu at age 19, he went on to win great acclaim in China as an actor making his debut with the film Shaolin Temple (1982). He went on to star in many critically acclaimed martial arts epic films, most notably the Once Upon A Time in China series, in which he portrayed folk hero Wong Fei-hung.

Li's first role in a Hollywood film was as a villain in Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), and his first leading role in a Hollywood film was as Han Sing in Romeo Must Die (2000). He has gone on to star in many Hollywood action films, including Kiss of the Dragon and Unleashed. He co-starred in The One (2001), The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) with Jackie Chan, all three of The Expendables films with Sylvester Stallone, and as the title character villain in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) opposite Brendan Fraser.

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China split on manliness

Arkansas Online 16 Sep 2018

Chinese movies and pop videos are now full of men who've embraced their natural slenderness and have clearly spent a lot of time on their looks ... "Gone are the days of tough guys like Hong Kong martial arts movie stars Jackie Chan and Jet Li as the audience is losing interest in their machismo-laden acts," wrote Shen Si, a cultural commentator for the Global Times....

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Feature: New tunes on old strings modernize Chinese rock in new era

Xinhua 15 Sep 2018

By Xinhua Writer Luan Xiang. BEIJING, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) – "I hope that someday when young people want to learn to play a musical instrument, they would pick up a sanxian instead of a guitar," Wang Yu, a young artist, and modernizer of the traditional instrument, told Xinhua ... SANXIAN ROCK SHOW, 1994 ... SANXIAN IN URBAN FOLK ... Zhang San Feng' with Jet Li," explained movie aficionado and music critic Nico Ma ... Disappeared in the last century ... ....

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Jack Ma Made Himself China’s Richest Man. Now He Wants to Be a Teacher Again

Caixin Online 10 Sep 2018

Late last year, it caused something of a stir when Ma starred alongside superstar Jet Li in a short kung-fu flick, in which China’s richest man beat up Li and several other action movie legends, including Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung Kam-bo from Hong Kong, as well as Tony Jaa from Thailand ... Jack Ma (right) and Chinese martial-arts star Jet Li attend the opening of their movie “Gong Shou Dao” in Beijing on Nov....

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Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh looks back at her days as an action star in Hong Kong

The Star 28 Aug 2018

In those days, Wing Chun action movies were dominated by male stars like Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Sammo Hung ... What attracted you to action movies? ... I wanted to start my own school and work with children, but when I was working on my first movie, I watched Sammo Hung and George Lam fight, and I realised it was so similar to dance choreography ... If you look at all the action movies at the time, they followed a formula like that....

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'And starring John Wayne as Genghis Khan': Hollywood's mostly embarrassing history of Asian casting

Atlantic City 21 Aug 2018

Here’s a very brief history of Asian portrayals in major studio movies ... In the “Fu Manchu” and “Charlie Chan” movies ... After losing a role to David Carradine on “Kung Fu,” Bruce Lee scored a star-making performance in the Warner Bros.-produced “Enter the Dragon.” He died six days before the movie was released, but he helped pave the way for the careers of international superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li....

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Acrobatic moves help China break ice

Hong Kong Standard 19 Aug 2018

Marvelo, who was inspired to take up wushu after watching movies starring Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee, gave the host country a silver at 9.72 and Tsai Tse-min of Taiwan picked up bronze ... ....

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Sun up early for China with 1st Asian Games gold medal

Yahoo Daily News 19 Aug 2018

Marvelo, who was inspired to take up wushu after watching movies starring Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee, gave host country Indonesia a silver with at 9.72 and Tsai Tse-min of Taiwan picked up bronze ... ....

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Asian Games 2018: China lays down marker, claims first gold medal in Jakarta

Hindustan Times 19 Aug 2018

other sports Updated. Aug 19, 2018 09.19 IST. Associated Press. Jakarta. Follow Story ... --> ... Marvelo, who was inspired to take up wushu after watching movies starring Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee, gave host country Indonesia a silver with at 9.72 and Tsai Tse-min of Taiwan picked up bronze ... .......

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After the fireworks, 1st medals up for grabs at Asian Games

Yahoo Daily News 18 Aug 2018

But there's one thing he's not likely to win on Sunday ... Marvelo, who took up wushu after watching movies starring Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee, is targeting at least one medal in Jakarta ... There are more than 11,000 athletes competing in 40 sports ranging from the traditional Olympic disciplines to the more regional favorites such as kabaddi and pancak Silat to the newer additions such as jet ski, paragliding and skate boarding. ....

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‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Director Jon M. Chu Is Out to Change Hollywood: ‘Our Time Is Now’

The Daily Beast 18 Aug 2018

The filmmaker behind the first studio movie in 25 years to feature an all-Asian cast opens up about Asian male stereotypes and the troubling lack of Asians in Hollywood cinema ... There were movies with Chow Yun-fat and Jet Li throughout the ‘90s and early ‘00s, like Romeo Must Die, where it seems like the Asian guy should be the romantic lead, and there’s considerable romantic chemistry with the female lead, but there’s no kiss....

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Plan for new Mulan ignites social media

People Daily 17 Aug 2018

Actress Liu Yifei strikes a martial pose for the upcoming movie Mulan ... Mulan, the legendary ancient Chinese heroine who gained worldwide fame from a 1998 Disney animated movie, is trending again on the internet ... Mulan also features other well-known Chinese actors, including Donnie Yen and Jet Li, both famous action movie stars, and Gong Li, one of the best-known Chinese actresses....

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Studio history of Asian casting mostly shameful

Omaha World-Herald 17 Aug 2018

" Crazy Rich Asians," which is projected to have a $26 million-plus opening weekend, is the first Hollywood studio movie in 25 years to feature an Asian cast in a contemporary story ... Here's a very brief history of Asian portrayals in major studio movies ... He died six days before the movie was released, but he helped pave the way for the careers of international superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li....

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Disney's Mulan — and its changes — stoke netizens

China Daily 16 Aug 2018

Mulan, a household name in China as the heroine of a classic epic who also gained fame worldwide from a 1998 Disney animated movie, is trending on the internet ... Mulan also features a number of other well-known Chinese actors, including Donnie Yen and Jet Li, both famous martial art artists and action movie stars, and Gong Li, one of the best-known Chinese actresses....

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