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..
U.S.-China Confrontation: Where Will It Lead To?
In the last year or so, and especially in the last few weeks, we have heard news coverage almost on a daily basis about the trade war between the U.S. and China. Because of the large difference between the amount of U.S. imports from China as compared to the amount of U.S. exports to China, we have repeatedly heard how unfair that is, and therefore the U.S. government must impose tariffs on a large amount of Chinese products.
In this article, we offer a broader perspective on the issue between the U.S. and China. The conclusion we come to is that the motivation behind the recent U.S. government policy toward China is because the U.S. government does not want to have its position as the world’s leading economic and political power challenged and therefore wants to thwart China’s rise before China can become an even more serious competitor.
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