Beijing Review

The Boxing Kids

The July 6 release of the blockbuster film Never Say Never has drawn renewed attention to the real-life martial arts club on which it is based and to its controversies. However, a closer look at the club in question reveals a long history of helping young people escape poverty.

The Enbo club, a mixed martial arts (MMA) club, was forced into the spotlight in 2017 when a viral video showed two underage children from the club fighting in an octagon cage. The video sparked heated discussion of whether the club was placing children in commercial fights. But a probe into the club and its founder uncovered a different story.

A story of twists and tears is always a good one for a movie. grossed over 1 billion

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Beijing Review

Beijing Review3 min readWorld
The Trappings of Fate?
According to the ancient Greek version of the world map from the fifth century B.C., the outermost layer of the world was ocean, and in the center of the ocean was one large continent. In the middle of the continent, there was the Mediterranean Sea.
Beijing Review3 min readInternational Relations
Service For A Better World
‘What do you want to be when you grow up?” “We children in Palestine do not grow up.” This snippet comes from a conversation between a reporter and a child in the wartorn Palestinian enclave that is the Gaza Strip in 2023. Even today, the agonies of
Beijing Review1 min readWorld
Strategic Support
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), presents a flag to the information support force of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PL

Related Books & Audiobooks