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Updated Thursday, September 9, 2010 11:25 am TWN, The China Post news staff

Shaolin kung-fu planned for mobile handsets

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A Taiwan-based animation firm claimed that it has won the authorization from China's famous Shaolin Temple to produce a series of short cartoon films that can be retrieved through the mobile phones for people to learn and practice martial arts.

Teng Yu-li, founder of New Information Tech. Enterprise Co. in Xindian City of Taipei County, said that he has earned permission from Venerable Shi Yongxin, abbot of Shaolin Temple, in China's Henan Province, according to a report in the United Daily News.

Teng said in the report that it took him ten years, during which he made numerous trips to Shaolin Temple, to win the nod from the abbot.

According to the plan, Teng said his company will produce 365 short films teaching martial arts — lasting for three to five minutes each.

The product could cost around NT$100 million, Teng said.

However, Lin Sheng-jieh, who claimed to be an official representative of Shaolin Temple in Taiwan, cast doubts on the project.

Lin said Shaolin leaders have denied the report, saying they never heard of such a plan.

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