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The latest news on Jet Li, Chinese-born Singaporean martial artist and actor, including celebrity news and updates.<br />
Born
26 Apr 1963
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Entertainment, Film
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Actor
How does the Metal Rabbit affect your luck this March? Illustration: SCMP Graphics
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Horoscopes: what’s your luck like in March 2026, Metal Rabbit month?

While it’s an auspicious phase for most signs, especially the Goat, those with the Rabbit and Rat signs need to be cautious and careful.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

With Blades of the Guardians, Yuen Woo-ping revives the wuxia blockbuster

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Blades of the Guardians: Wu Jing leads star-studded Chinese martial arts epic

Starring Wu Jing, Nicholas Tse and Chen Lijun, the visually stunning Blades of the Guardians is one of the fiercest wuxia films in years.

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Wu Jing (left) and Nicholas Tse in a still from Blades of the Guardians (category IIB, Mandarin), directed by Yuen Woo-ping. Chen Lijun co-stars.
China consumption

China’s Spring Festival box office faces plot twist after 2025 smashed records

Home-grown films lead the charge but fail to meet the phenomenal success of last year’s Ne Zha 2, which attracted record-breaking crowds.

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Women tattoo artists, history behind viral Adidas jacket: 7 Lifestyle highlights

From the Hong Kong women tattoo artists making their mark to the “frog buttons” in Adidas’ viral jacket, here are five stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Why Jet Li and Wong Jing’s The New Legend of Shaolin is underrated

The 1994 cult classic The New Legend of Shaolin blends comedy, action and child martial artists in a fresh take on the Shaolin myth.

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Jet Li in a still from The New Legend of Shaolin, which married lighthearted comedy and above-average action in an underrated gem of a film.
Hong Kong society

Yuen Cheung-yan, veteran Hong Kong actor and action choreographer, dies at 69

Yuen Cheung-yan died on New Year’s Day at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, actor and film director Lee Lik-chi says.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How Stephen Chow and Donnie Yen reinvented Bruce Lee’s classic Chen Zhen

Fist of Fury 1991 with Stephen Chow and TV series Fist of Fury with Donnie Yen saw two different versions of Bruce Lee’s famous character.

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Trending in China

China martial arts icon Jet Li goes shirtless to dispel heart transplant rumours

After Shaolin monk Qiufeng’s body was reported to have suture marks, rumours began to swirl, especially since Li was hospitalised during same month.

In response to recent online speculation about needing a heart transplant, martial arts legend Jet Li released a rare video to demonstrate that he does not have any surgical scars. Photo: SCMP composite/RedNote/Sohu
European cinema

Why Jet Li’s action thriller Kiss of the Dragon was banned in China

Kiss of the Dragon was a box office success in 2001, but its racial stereotyping, violence and sexual frankness caused it problems in China.

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Jet Li carries Bridget Fonda in a still from Kiss of the Dragon (2001), a popular film around the world that was banned in China. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong

How Girls with Guns movies made stars of Michelle Yeoh and Maggie Cheung

The armed-and-dangerous women genre of the 1980s and 90s was a rollicking roller-coaster during Hong Kong’s silver screen heyday.

History

Truth behind a martial arts legend played by Jet Li and Jackie Chan

It has been 100 years since the death of kung fu master Wong Fei-hung who was little known during his lifetime.

From our archives

Recap | Sammo Hung honoured, Bruce Lee’s legacy, Jackie Chan’s breakthrough and more

Explore the legacies of martial arts legends Sammo Hung, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li, and their impact on Hollywood and Hong Kong cinema.

Sammo Hung at an interview with the Post in Hong Kong, in March. The martial arts film icon reflected on his glittering career, which he spent “guessing what would become successful”. Photo: Xiaomei Chen. Hair: Perry @ GHD Styling Team. Makeup: Guerlain Makeup Team
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Was remaking classics like Police Story, A Better Tomorrow a good idea?

We look at four remakes of classic Hong Kong films, from a Jackie Chan-led Police Story from the 2000s to a riff on Bruce Lee’s Fist of Fury.

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Ekin Cheng in a still from Return to a Better Tomorrow.
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Opinion | Hong Kong must own its martial arts and action film cultural heritage

The cultural heritage of Hong Kong related to Chinese martial arts has not been fully tapped to attract tourists and action film buffs.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

All 10 Once Upon a Time in China movies and rip-offs rated

Tsui Hark’s film series that originally starred Jet Li as martial arts legend Wong Fei-hung spawned several knock-offs, such as Kickboxer.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

3 Jet Li action movies fusing guns and kung fu – before he went to Hollywood

Jet Li reinvented himself in the 1990s from a period kung fu movie star to a modern action hero. We look at three of his gun fu films fusing firearms and fighting, before he left Hong Kong for the US.

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Jet li (right) in a still from Hitman.
American cinema

Why Jet Li’s Danny the dog role in Unleashed didn’t help him crack Hollywood

Jet Li received praise for his role as Danny the dog in Luc Besson’s gritty 2005 action movie. While he shone among co-stars such as Morgan Freeman, it didn’t help the martial arts actor crack Hollywood.

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From our archives

Hello Kitty murder, Jet Li’s manager shot: archive stories most read in 2023

Crime, crime and more crime: these were the stories from Post archives that most interested readers in 2023, from the grisly Hello Kitty murder case to the underworld assassination of Jet Li’s manager.

Hong Kong

Opinion | Happy day for Hong Kong cinemas could have been showcase of local films

The offer of HK$30 movie tickets will boost the cinema business, but the campaign should have done more for the local film industry. Not only are classic Hong Kong films far from forgotten, recent releases depicting local issues show that the industry is worthy of support.

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Francis Ng Chun-yu (right) and Loletta Lee Lai-chun in a still from Drifting, a 2021 film about the homeless in Hong Kong. Photo: Riddiculous Studio
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Explainer | From Jet Li to Wong Kar-wai, the 1990s: last golden age of Hong Kong cinema

The 1990s was the last golden age of Hong Kong cinema, with a slew of groundbreaking films that produced new stars such as martial arts actor Jet Li and art-house darling Wong Kar-wai.

Wong Kar-wai, pictured in front of a poster advertising his movie Fallen Angels, in 1995. Photo: SCMP
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

The stellar movie career of Michelle Reis, ‘nice girl who can play nasty’

The Julia Roberts of Hong Kong was the Post’s early verdict on Michelle Reis, who had no acting training but excelled opposite Jet Li, Leon Lai and Stephen Chow in a string of 1990s hits.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Explainer | King Hu, Chang Cheh, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan: a martial arts cinema history

From the film that changed everything to fighting with fists instead of swords, girl power and the birth of a legend, milestones in the development of Hong Kong martial arts cinema.

American cinema

How Jackie Chan’s The Forbidden Kingdom became a ‘Crouching Tiger for kids’

With Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Li Bingbing in the cast, and a crew including legendary fight choreographer Yuen Woo-ping, The Forbidden Kingdom should have been a better film.

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Jet Li (left) and Jackie Chan in a still from The Forbidden Kingdom. Photo: Online
American cinema

How the China-set second sequel to The Mummy buried the popular franchise

Despite co-starring Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh, and having some stunning locations, this US-China film fell totally flat, with one-dimensional characters, awful dialogue and terrible CGI.

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Jet Li in a still from The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
American cinema

How 2012’s The Expendables 2 short-changed Chinese viewers

The Expendables 2 had been planned as a China-US co-production and was meant to star Donnie Yen Ji-dan alongside Sylvester Stallone. Hasty changes had to be made to the script when that fell through.

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Asian cinema

The 25 best Asian martial arts movies of the 21st century ranked

Asia is famous for its martial arts films, and here is our pick of the 25 best from the past two decades, for their slick fight choreography and drama.

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