Bruce Lee shifted the U.S. zeitgeist, and author Jeff Chang maps out "how Kung Fu became American" in his newest book.

Jeff Chang explores why, 50 years after his death, Bruce Lee remains ‘a hero to people all around the world’ in Water Mirror ...

Bruce Lee was training a friend one day when he did something unexpected. The star of the classic film, "Enter the Dragon," was already known for his fanatical fitness regimen. He didn't smoke or ...

Bruce Lee died a month before the release of Enter the Dragon (1973), the movie which turned him into an international icon. His fame was almost entirely posthumous. Unlike James Dean or Marilyn ...

In spring 2024, Berkeley author and activist Jeff Chang had just completed the first draft of his Bruce Lee biography, "Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America," when he called in ...

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. Lee became a chest-thumping source of ...

Jeff Chang spent years working on his book about Bruce Lee. He recently spoke with our colleague Peter Larsen about “Water Mirror Echo,” and here he answers the Book Pages Q&A about his reading life, ...

The legend of martial arts film star Bruce Lee has reached mythological proportions, so it's no surprise his untimely death sparked conspiracy theories. Especially because the official cause of Lee's ...

The notion that Bruce Lee may have died from a condition called hyponatremia is an unproven hypothesis put forward by medical researchers. Officially, martial arts and film legend Bruce Lee died in ...