Taijiquan was invented as a martial art, but it is both a good martial art and a good exercise for health, with the latter becoming even better known and perhaps even more important during the last 50 years, especially for senior citizens and for people in the West. Taijiquan is also a performing art, known […]
Archive for November 2009
Audience Reactions to the Film “Autumn Gem” on Qiu Jin (秋瑾)
November 2009
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In the August 2009 issue of this website, we reported on a new documentary film “Autumn Gem” about the life story of Qiu Jin (秋瑾), China’s first feminist.[1] This film was made by a young couple from California, Rae Chang and Adam Tow, who dedicated one and a half years of their young lives and […]
Tale of Two Cultures and Two Countries – Part I
During the winter of early 1956, a group of members from the El Dorado County Federal Church (a Methodist church) visited our house in Placerville, California to welcome our family as recent immigrants to the U.S. and new attendees of their church. The outside temperature was in the 20’s or 30’s. The inside temperature was […]