When my parents and their five children first moved from Canton, China to Hong Kong in mid 1949, we moved into a second floor of an old, two-story house that was rented by my second maternal uncle whose family had been living in Hong Kong for some time. There were many people living in this […]
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A Comprehensive Review of Health Benefits of Qigong and Tai Chi
December 2010
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On and off I have written about the health benefits of Taiji [1] and Qigong. Recently an article “A Comprehensive Review of Health Benefits of Qigong and Tai Chi” was published in the American Journal of Health Promotion. [2] The authors are Roger Jahnke – OMD, LInda Larkey – Ph.D., Carol Rogers – Ph.D., J. […]
“He’d Grown Up Just Like Me”
December 2010
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“My child arrived just the other day. He came to the world in the usual way. But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay. He learned to walk while I was away.” [1] Thus began the relationship between the baby boy and his father. But you expect that this is just a coincidence […]
A Most Unique Diplomat: Anson Burlingame
Those of us who are familiar with the San Francisco Bay Area have all heard of and drove by the city of Burlingame just a few miles south of the San Francisco International Airport. However, most of us do not know that more than 100 years ago the city was named after a most unique […]