Taijiquan or taichi, a form of Chinese kung fu, is the embodiment of the Chinese philosophical belief that heaven is round. Practitioners of the martial art of taichi use round, circular movements of the arms and body to create the energy that is needed to defeat their opponents. Dr. Hao, a taichi expert with a PhD in Traditional Chinese Sports, guides us through some basic taichi movements in the article ‘Taijiquan Movements and the Thought of Circle in Chinese Culture’. » Read more »
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As a Half the Sky medical sponsor for over 6 years, Imperial Tours has had the amazing opportunity to provide life-changing treatment and nurturing care for China’s most vulnerable children. We would like to share with you the inspirational stories of four adorable orphaned children in Half the Sky’s China Care Home Spring 2014 Newsletter. After undergoing critical medical treatment and months of post-operative recovery and care, XingSai and HaiXia have been given a clean bill of health and now have a better chance of finding permanent and loving homes. » Read more »
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On October 9, 2000, five explorers set out in the middle of the world’s fifth-largest desert, the Taklimakan, as a team to walk the entire length of the Ming dynasty Great Wall of China. After a few weeks, winter set in and the terrain was covered in snow. By March the following year as winter lifted, only one remained – Argentinean explorer and photographer Diego Azubel, who continued to trek alone for another nine months arriving at the East China sea at the end of the following year. » Read more »
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