Good Samaritan Drives 200 Miles to Help Couple Say Final Goodbye

How far would you go to help a stranger? A couple from England came across a good Samaritan who gave them a ride for 200 miles so that they could visit a dying loved one without asking for anything in return. A road accident Ron and Sharleen Gillies were on their way to Cambridge from ...

Emma Lu

A car driving down the highway.

The King of Sweden Awards Entrepreneur for His Human Rights Stand

Entrepreneur Vasilios Zoupounidis was born in Greece and moved to Sweden with his parents when he was 3 years old. In the process of growing up, both Eastern and Western philosophy inspired him. He found many similarities between the Eastern and Western cultures, and both Buddhism and Christianity are about inner kindness and share many ...

Hermann Rohr

Swedish entrepreneur Vasilios Zoupounidis.

Traditional Martial Arts Are All About Morals and Succession

The 2019 World Chinese Martial Arts Competition hosted by New Tang Dynasty Television’s (NTDTV) Global Competition Series has begun. This is a global event that aims to pass on and promote the essence of traditional Chinese martial arts. The competition brings contestants of different styles together in one arena and gives younger generations the opportunity ...

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Li Youzhen.

Canadian Artist: I Will Visit Taiwan Every Year for the Rest of My Life

Taiwan’s humane environment and democratic freedoms have often won praises from many foreign visitors. Andie, a Canadian artist who has visited Taiwan three times, recently talked about why she keeps returning and why she does not like the mainland from a foreigner’s point of view in a short video. Andie said that she preferred Taiwan ...

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A Daughter-in-Law Who Upheld Her Filial Piety Even in the Face of Death

In the Qing Dynasty (1850-1876) during the reign of Xianfeng and Tongzhi, there was a woman with great filial piety who looked after her mother-in-law. After a tragedy and a misunderstanding, she was accused of a terrible crime. Fortunately, thanks to the keen wisdom of a county magistrate, her case was resolved.    In modern ...

Hermann Rohr

Chinese painting showing filial piety.

The 3 Great Sage Kings Held in High Regard in China

According to traditional Chinese accounts, Emperors Yao, Shun, and Yu are together considered the three Great Sage Kings, largely because of their high character standards and skillful leadership. Historical experts see in them moralistic constructs of the ideal ruler, conceived during China’s classical period around the 5th century A.D. China’s 3 great sage kings 1. Emperor ...

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Meet Ancient China’s Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

During the 3rd century CE, there lived a group of seven men in China known as the Seven Sages of The Bamboo Grove. They were philosophers, writers, musicians, and scholars who had a distaste for court life. As such, China’s seven sages used to gather around a bamboo grove near the house of their leader Ji ...

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Portraits of Ruan Ji and Ji Kang.

China ‘Requests’ Taiwan to Join Mainland

Chinese President Xi Jinping has asked Taiwan to unify with the mainland through the “one country, two systems” model in which the island nation will come under the complete control of Beijing, but will still allegedly be able to preserve its unique rights and traditions. He was speaking at an event commemorating the 40th anniversary of ...

Armin Auctor

Taiwan as Seen Through the Eyes of a Visitor

Doreen Hegemann is a German senior corporate lecturer, strategist, and an honorary member of the Board of Directors of the European Business Women’s Alliance (EWMD). In late April 2018, Doreen was invited to Taiwan to participate in the EWMD study tour. On the eve of her departure from Taiwan, she was interviewed. She specifically mentioned ...

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