From Fu Manchu to 'Shang-Chi': The Unfortunate History of 'Yellow Peril' Villains

Representation matters. Just look at how mad some fans got when the Mandarin wasn’t represented as an actual villain in Iron Man 3. But we should also consider that the Mandarin has a history that began long before he was created in the 1960s -- a history that is, to put it in one word, yikes. And if, instead of one word, we used 15 facts, it could be these.

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Sources: The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu, by Sax Rohmer (via Project Gutenberg), The Romance of China, by John Rogers Haddad (via Gutenberg-e)

Sources: BGSU University Libraries, Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective

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