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China Wrestling: Shaolin Monks turn entertainers

China Wrestling: Shaolin Monks turn entertainers

A professional sports company in China is trying to combine traditional martial arts with American-style pro-wrestling.

Oriental Wrestling Entertainment has trained Shaolin monks to perform in the ring. Not everyone is convinced with the East-meets-West experiment.

Al Jazeera's Katrina Yu reports from Shanghai.

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