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Always bet on Asian!” cackles a cocksure comic character on the periphery of Shang-Chi And who has just won big off the back of such a wager. It is notable, though – and more than a little shaming – that it has taken Marvel 25 films to make a similar gambit, having spent the previous 24 keeping Asian characters on the sidelines or, worse, having Caucasian performers play them.