On December 19, 2019, Christianity Today, evangelicalism’s flagship magazine, published an editorial with the title that “Trump Should Be Removed from Office.” [1] This is an extremely important development, because the large majority of evangelicals, especially white evangelicals, supported Trump in the 2016 election and most likely will also support him in the 2020 election. Our article provides some thoughts on this important development.
Trying to Understand Why Taiji Has So Many Health Benefits
September 2019
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Modern medical/scientific research in the last 25 years have shown that practicing Taiji can give rise to a variety of health benefits. These benefits include:
- Lowers blood pressure
- Reduces body pains
- Increases immunity
- Improves physical functions
- Provides positive psychological impacts
- Helps with Parkinson disease and Alzheimer’s disease
- Improves general health
The author recently published an article summarizing the health benefits of Taiji based on these modern medical/scientific research. [1] The present article extracts the part of that published article on why Taiji can give rise to such benefits. After we discuss the fundamental principles of Taiji, then we will discuss how these fundamental principles can give rise to various health benefits..
Chinese Americans: Past, Present, and Future
September 2019
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Developments in the U.S., China, and the rest of the world, especially in the last three-to-four decades have undergone great changes. How the U.S. views China, and also how the U.S. views Chinese Americans have also undergone great changes. In order to understand how this relationship may develop in the future and to help shape that relationship, it is important to review briefly the past history of Chinese Americans in the U.S., and to assess the current situation. We then discuss possible future paths and how best to shape that future. This is important not only for Chinese Americans, but also for the U.S., China, and the rest of the world.
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Hong Kong: Past, Present, and Future
During the last three months, Hong Kong has been in a state of great turmoil with frequent mass demonstrations often involving illegal actions, including unlawfully blocking thoroughfares and seizing of government buildings, disturbing and wrecking subway stations, and temporarily shutting down the Hong Kong International Airport, harassing people who are not sympathetic to the demonstrations, and attacking police with laser beams, rocks, metal rods, and gas bombs. Hong Kong is no longer an attractive or safe place to be and has severely affected the business and livelihood of a large number of ordinary people living in Hong Kong.
To understand the situation in Hong Kong, we review what triggered the current turmoil, and more importantly review several major developments in Hong Kong since 1979 when Great Britain and China first discussed the transition of Hong Kong from a British colony to its return to China.
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