My first impression of my maternal grandma was a small, frail lady who was very quiet, but with pensive, penetrating eyes. I first met her when I was almost seven years old and she was 71. She lived to 100 years old, but I never interacted much with her, and never really knew her or tried to learn from her. Now that I am almost her age when I first met her, I regret very much that I never made use of the opportunity to get to know her better, because there were so many things I could have learned from her.
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From the Eyes of Grandma
December 2012
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Why Taiji Is Beneficial to Health?
September 2012
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Chinese have long believed that practicing Taiji is good for one’s health. In the last 20 years or so, many western medical research studies have shown that there are many health benefits to Taiji, including: Lower blood pressure, increase immunity to shingles, provide relief to osteoarthritis, improve control of Type 2 diabetes, lower stress and reduce joint and back pain, reduce probability of getting Alzheimer’s disease. provide relief to depression, improve Parkinson disease, and generally improve health. [1] Although these conclusions are preliminary and need many more and larger studies to confirm, collectively they do provide impressive evidence that practicing Taiji does have health benefits. This article provides a high-level explanation why Taiji is good for health.
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Significance of the 75th Anniversary of the Nanking Massacre
September 2012
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This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Nanking Massacre, one of the most horrific atrocities that men had unleashed on other human beings. During the six-week period beginning on December 13, 1937, about 300,000 Chinese (mostly civilians) were killed, over 20,000 Chinese females (women, girls, and even very young girls) were raped, and one third of the city of Nanking was burned to the ground. Many Chinese were beheaded or bayoneted in competitions among Japanese soldiers to see who could kill the most. Many were lined up and shot en mass, or were buried alive in mass graves. The Yangtze River was a river of death with dead bodies floating all over, and Nanking ran out of coffins. For an account by an eyewitness and survivor of the Nanking Massacre, click here. Even though this happened 75 years ago, its significance is as important as ever.
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Inconsistent Foreign Policy May Drag U.S. Into Another War
By adopting an ambiguous and internally inconsistent policy toward the territorial dispute over the Diaoyu Islands/Senkaku Islands between China and Japan (former name used by China and latter name used by Japan), U.S. government leaders may be dragging the U.S. into a war in Asia that it has no moral or legal reasons to be involved. The U.S. government on many occasions has stated that the sovereignty of these islands is unsettled, yet has also stated that these islands are covered under the U.S.-Japan Mutual Defense Treaty.
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