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Shang-Chi is the Master of Kung-Fu.
Shang-Chi, who's name means "a rising and advancing spirit" was born in Honan province in China, son to a wealthy international crime lord named Fu Manchu and an unknown American woman. Trained privately by the greatest masters of various disciplines, Chinese and otherwise, Shang had limited contact with his parents. When he did see his father, his father told him that all of his training was being directed toward some sort of great humanitarian goal, as his father manipulated Shang into thinking that he was a philanthropist.
When it finally came time for Shang to face the outside world and carry out this mission, he was transported to London, England, where his mission was assassination. He knew nothing other than to honor his father with complete loyalty, so after stealthily sneaking into his target's home, he killed who he thought was an evil man in one swift strike. British secret agent Sir Dennis Nayland Smith arrived on the scene in time to catch Shang, but of course couldn't keep him there. Shang later sought out his mother, now living in London, who then told him the truth about her former husbands life of crime and evil. At that time, Shang swore to become his father's enemy, and do whatever it would take to topple his evil empire. Joining the British intelligence agency MI6, Shang later moved on to form his own crimefighting organization with Sir Dennis.
Shang eventually found his father's retreat in Honan and killed him in a brutal battle. Plaugued by guilt and tired of the pressures of crimefighting, Shang moved back to China, to a small fishing village in Kwang Tung, China, becoming a fisherman amongst the locals. Shang Chi has since reemerged numerous times, to aid friends such as Spider-Man, the X-Men, and his teammates in the Marvel Knights. He now fights alongside his parteners in the newly revived Heroes for Hire with his teammates including Misty Knight, Coleen Wing, Black Cat, amongst others.
Abilities
Although possessing no superpowers, Shang-Chi has a lifetime of martial arts training behind him, enabling to equal and best many superhumans. Mostly using his bare hands, Shang can also formidably use any martial arts weapon and is skilled at improvising weapons out of ordinary objects and using his surroundings. One of the few people to beat him in hand to hand combat is Wolverine, who has the advantage of an adamantium lined bone structure and more than a century of practice. Shang Chi is a master of meditation and relaxation techniques, enabling him to do anything ranging from receiving psychic visions to deadening his nerves to make incapable of feeling pain.
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