The women are at the mercy of the street, the place they have been robbed, crushed, raped, thrown down stairs. Up and down the block, the earthy aromas of generate stands and cafe squander commingle with the classical Chinese instrumental new music emanating from a soup-dumpling cafe. Bryant also began the Kobe Bryant China Fund which partnered with the Soong Ching Ling Foundation, a charity backed by the Chinese governing administration.