A lot of the Chinese I hang out with do respect Bruce in that he developed a screen persona that battled Asian stereotypes at the time.
The same can't really be said for people like Jet Li... I've never thought that he represented a good character or role model (at least in his new stuff)
Jackie Chan is okay.... (sometimes
)
Bruce's mission was to fight stereotypes in media. He really wanted to make a "Chinese hero" that the Americans would accept as well.
Which he did.
Ryu