Sorry all you Bruce Lee fans out there, but as government officials said yesterday, plans for a Bruce Lee memorial museum in the deceased actors Hong Kong home have been abandoned. more ›

Coinciding with the anniversary of Bruce Lee's birth on Nov 27, Hong Kong's Media Asia (famous for the "Infernal Afffairs" trilogy) will produce "Bruce Lee, My Brother," a story of Bruce Lee's younger years as a Kung Fu trainee and Hong Kong movie actor. Bruce Lee is to be played by singer-turned-actor Aarif Lee (李治廷), no relation to Bruce. We don't know much about Aarif besides that he's Canto-pop's new it-boy, apparently believes in astrology and enjoys posing half naked on his albums. But does he have the mooooves? more ›

Ip Man, the kung fu master who among others taught Bruce Lee some of his tricks and kicks seems to be the honey of the 2010 silver screens. Two years after the film Ip Man (叶问), a sequel is now released, once again under the direction of Wilson Yip (Yip Wai Shun) and with Donnie Yen in the leading role. Apart from this, two other pictures about the great fighter is under production right this moment. more ›

We don't have words for this kung fu-inspired meat bun frivolity, except that it's awesome. In this edition, Super Baozi sings Jay Chou's Dragon Fist while handling nunchakus. If you liked it, we recommend you check out Sun Haipeng's vimeo page for another great video. more ›

• Bruce Lee's siblings authorize Chinese biopics [AP] "Bruce Lee's older sister and younger brother have authorized a Chinese company to make a series of biographical films about the late kung fu icon, saying they want to produce a historically accurate account of their brother's life. Phoebe Lee and Robert Lee appeared at a signing ceremony with J.A. Media in Beijing on Monday, 36 years to the day after Bruce Lee died in Hong Kong at age 32 from swelling of the brain."
• Chinese News Sites Go Down After Reports on Gov't Scandal [IDG News Service] "Two of China's most popular technology news Web sites went offline Tuesday after carrying news reports that linked the son of China's president to a corrupt African deal. The technology news sections disappeared for several hours from major Chinese portals Sina.com.cn and NetEase.com early Tuesday afternoon, when they started redirecting viewers to general news pages. Both tech sections had carried reports on a state-owned company accused of bribing Namibian officials in the last day, but those reports were missing when the Web pages reappeared."
• A Verdict in China Faces Court of Public Opinion [WSJ] "A local court Monday meted out a three-year prison sentence for Hu Bin, the 20-year-old Hangzhou college student whose reckless driving and reported lack of remorse incited outrage on Chinese Internet portals back in early May. Prosecutors elected to charge Mr. Hu with vehicular manslaughter... rather than “endangering public security,” a much more serious crime punishable by death. The three-year sentence was met by general cynicism (in Chinese) on one of China’s main Internet portals, with many anonymous postings claiming that justice had been bought rather than served."

Imprint has come across one of the few interviews of the late Bruce Lee. Soon after the release of his first film, Hong Kong mega-hit , Lee sat down to talk about his life philosophy, super stardom, and of course, martial arts with Canadian television personality, Pierre Berton. more ›

At the side of the Maglev station, between the two terminals, three new restaurants are opening at Pudong Airport on August 10 (Sunday). There is a new KFC (for those who can't walk 5 meters to the existing branch), a Pizza Hut, and a Chinese fast-food joint. Also opening soon is a branch of the noodle chain that features Bruce Lee wearing the "Game Of Death" yellow tracksuit as their logo (Note to self: find out name of that restaurant!). more ›

From the World’s Biggest Fishing Village to Bruce Lee’s Most Famous Kick ... more ›

Yes, in the old days it was a national centre. The Jing Wu school was fully running before 1920 in Zhabei. Huo Yuan Jia was the most famous, although many people think he’s fictional these days. You can’t compare now to then but you can still find a lot of Bau Gua Zhang, Taiji and Xinyi, for example. more ›

CCTV just started shooting this 40 part series in Guangdong—with a total budget of $6.4 million. That figure sounds awfully minuscule, but what we do we know. The person they picked to play Bruce Lee is Hong Kong actor Kwok -Kwan Chan (陈国坤), who got his big break starring in Stephen Chow movies such as Shao-Lin Soccer. more ›

With visions of sugar plum fairies dancing through their heads, the -Ists began to get into that holiday mood. Well, some did. more ›

The raddest thing in the world happened on Sunday when a ceremony was held in Shunde (near Hong Kong) to formerly inaugurate the planning of a new theme park based on kung fu legend Bruce Lee! The article entitled, “Ground Broken on the New Bruce Lee Theme Park” comes to us care of the sensible Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) but probably should have been entitled, “Ground Broken and Shattered into a Million Pieces by Lightning-Quick and Deadly Fists and Kicks on the New Bruce Lee Theme Park.” more ›

The report (in Chinese) says that Yao turned down the role because director Brett Ratner asked him to play a bad guy, which would ruin the image of a good guy that he's worked to cultivate through the years. more ›

Photo by goodnight&go taken from the Shanghaiist Contribute page. To see your photos on our Contribute page, use Flickr and tag your photos “shanghaiist”. Or you can email your photos to photos@shanghaiist.com and they will automatically appear on our site. more ›

LAist is flashing a sad peace out to their editor Carolyn Kellogg with one hand and bumping knuckles with their new head typist L.A. blogger king Tony Pierce with the other. more ›

Sideways on Xinle Lu more ›

• Salt water has crept up into the drinking water reservoirs of Guangdong province, leaving residents of key cities like Guangzhou, Dongguan, Zhuhai, and Zhongshan facing one of the worst water crises in recent history. We're no science experts, but according to this report (in Chinese, with pictures) at some point in October, Zhuhai water chlorine (chlorinity?) levels reached 3300. An index of 250 is considered normal and the absolute upper limit deemed safe for human consumption is 400. Could you imagine drinking a morning cup of instant salty coffee? Not good.
• The official response to an Italian health department study on hazardous materials which found that imported Chinese shoes contained high amounts of nickel and other health unfriendly chemicals was, "Well, you started it." Wei Yafei of the China Leather Goods Industry said that most of these dyes and chemicals were imported from Italy in the first place. Of course, this is all sour grapes, because the market share of Chinese made shoes in Italy has recently grown 700%, with China now exporting about 90 million pairs, or 180 million shoes, to Italy each year.
• According to this report, certain types of tuna will be banned from being served as sashimi (that's raw fish Japanese style) in China's restaurants. The reason -- high levels of carbon monoxide, which is used to treat tuna that cannot be stored at -55 degrees Celsius, which would cover most of the sashimi bound tuna of Shanghai, because the city simply lacks those kinds of facilities. Thus, to make the fish look fresh, you have to spray it with carbon monoxide. However, Professor Wu of the Shanghai Fisheries University said that there is one way we can foil the masterminds that would poison the good foodies of the world: "Though looking red and fresh, CO-treated tuna is tasteless and lacks its usual supple texture," he said. Eat it, discuss its suppleness with those around you, and then regurgitate it. If you find it's been processed, celebrate by smoking cigarettes outside during rush hour.

If -- unlike Shanghaiist -- you watch kung fu films for the technical proficiencies of the martial arts sequences rather than for the hilarious subtitles ("You bastard! Try this melon!"), then you'll probably get a kick (literally) out of this month's visit by the Songshan Shaolin Temple Wushu Institute. more ›