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China state TV to air 50-part Bruce Lee biography

BEIJING (AP) -- Bruce Lee is getting a belated hero's welcome in China, with the country's state broadcaster set to air a 50-part prime-time series on the late kung fu star.... ...full story at AP

from AP on Tue, Oct 07 2008

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