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Steve Peer once braved the frozen tundra of northern Canada as a reporter and photographer. He now calls southern China home and enjoys the humid clime more than the bone-numbing cold of his native land. He misses little of North America: Riding in the back of a Canadian air force transport plane and crossing a Chinese street both hold the same level of danger and excitement. After traveling extensively in south-west China he has plans to see and photograph more of Asia. When not shooting photographs or writing he works as an ESL educator and administrator at a private school.

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Little Dragon on the Water

April 10th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

A statute of Bruce Lee, 李小龍 (Li Xiao Long, or Li Small Dragon), graces the Avenue of the Stars, in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The world-famous martial artist was immortalized with a 2.5 metre bronze statue in the waterfront park in 2005. The statue, now an extremely popular tourist attraction, was financed by the Hong Kong Bruce Lee Club after the government refused to fund a monument.

Lee, one of Hong Kong’s most famous film stars, had never been recognized for his contributions to the city he called home for much of his life. His former Hong Kong home, it was learned in 2000, was an hourly-rate “love hotel.”

After raising $100,000 US for the statue, the tourism bureau allowed the monument to be placed on the Avenue of the Stars. The walkway also features the stars, and hand and footprints, of modern Chinese film legends Chow Yun Fat, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Jiang and Sammo Hung.

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