The elements of Mr. Lee’s costume as the character Tea — the Fu Manchu mustache, queue ponytail and rice-paddy hat

  The elements of Mr. Lee’s costume as the character Tea — the Fu Manchu mustache, queue ponytail and rice-paddy hat that have routinely been used in the role — are now widely considered racist stereotypes, but Mr. Lee said he didn’t mind.

李先生飾演的"茶"先生的服裝元素——傅滿洲/鬍子、滿州馬尾辮和稻草帽——如今被廣泛認為是種族主義刻板印象，但李表示他並不介意。

他告訴《紐約時報》：“跳舞就是跳舞。"

“Dancing is dancing,” he told The Times.

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George Lee, Trailblazing Chinese Ballet Dancer, Dies at 90

He is believed to have been the first Asian to dance with New York City Ballet when he was cast in George Balanchine’s production of “The Nutcracker.”