Which Chinese Tea Is Best for You?

There are many types of Chinese tea, each with unique tastes and health-enhancing properties. Here are some benefits and practical uses of five common teas made from the Camellia sinensis plant. Green Tea Made from Camellia sinensis leaves, green tea has potent antioxidants called catechins, which help eliminate free radicals responsible for DNA damage. Because ...

Raven Montmorency

Loose Chinese Tea Leaves on a table

Beautiful Paintings of Children by the Master Su Hanchen

Please examine these remarkable paintings, which give us an insight into the lives of children during the Song Dynasty. They were painted by Su Hanchen (1094-1172), who was a native of Kaifeng, Henan Province, who specialized in painting Buddhist and Taoist figures. During the Xuanhe era under Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, Su was ...

Jessica Kneipp

Painting of 100 Song Dynasty children playing in the spring.

The Toastmasters Clubs Featuring Learning, Happiness, and Fun

Toastmasters Clubs can be found throughout Taiwan. Nicknamed the Rainy Port, Keelung is a major port city with ethnic and cultural diversity in northern Taiwan. Many people living in this port city believe that if they can prepare themselves with better communication skills in Mandarin, English, Taiwanese  (Fukienese, 閩南語), and even Hakka (客家話), they are ...

Billy Shyu

Toastmasters in Keelung City.

Trump to Create a ‘Gigantic’ Military to Scare Off Beijing

The potential flashpoints in the South China Sea and the East China Sea didn’t get much of a mention during the race for the U.S. presidency, largely because they aren’t core issues for domestic America. If there was any China-related talk during the campaign, the now President-elect Donald Trump mostly spoke about trade issues with the ...

James Burke