For This Exercise, 1 Minute Is Equal to 50 Minutes of Walking

Doctor Ishihara Yumi was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1948. His ancestors were imperial physicians to the respected families of ancient Tanega Island. He is a well-known name in Japan as a naturopathy physician and an expert in health regimens. He has written more than 20 books in his area of expertise. Many acute conditions ...

Nspirement Staff

The flamingo stand exercise.

A Parade and Great Fanfare for the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taiwan

Hosted by Taiwan for the first time, the 2017 Summer Universiade — with the theme of “For You, For Youth” — was held in Taipei on August 19-30. Some 11,000 athletes and support staff from 141 countries attended the sporting extravaganza, which ended on August 30. Please watch the following video of the grand parade marking ...

Billy Shyu

How China AI Experts Could Get Ahead of Google by 2030

Over the past few years, China AI experts have shown quite a steep development curve in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) research. In the coming decade, they intend to overtake their international competitors and become the No. 1 player in the AI market. It was not long ago that China was considered to be ...

Hermann Rohr

The Nanhai Education Park in Taiwan

Located on Nanhai Road in the Zhongzheng District of Taipei City, the Nanhai Education Park (南海學園) is a compound consisting of cultural and educational facilities, including the National Museum of History, the former National Taiwan Science Education Center, the National Taiwan Arts Education Center, the former National Central Library, the National Education Radio facility, and the ...

Billy Shyu

Chinese Navy Spies on US-Australia War Games

The presence of a Chinese Navy spy ship monitoring large U.S.-Australia war games on the Queensland coast has been described as provocative by senior Australian military officials. The Chinese Navy ship — an Auxiliary General Intelligence vessel (AGI) of the Type 815 Dongdiao-class — eavesdropped from international waters on this month’s Talisman Sabre war games ...

James Burke

An Amazing Art Garden in Taiwan

The Wann Ying Art Garden (萬景藝苑 or “Ten-thousand-View Art Garden”), as its name suggests, is a magnificent art garden with numerous exhibits for visitors to explore. Covering an area of about 12 acres (5 hectares), the Wann Ying Art Garden is a private art garden located at Changhua County’s Xizhou Township in central Taiwan, and has been ...

Billy Shyu

China’s Real Friends WeChat Post Goes Viral

Mainland China’s social media platform WeChat recently circulated a post entitled “Who is China’s real friend and who is the real enemy?” China’s real friends Wechat post consisted of questions and answers to actual historical events. The answers are contrary to how the Chinese state news media portrays China’s relationship to Russia and the United ...

David Jirard

The Legendary Silk Road

The legendary Silk Road connected the famous big cities of China with those of India, and reached all the way to the Mediterranean Sea from the period 100 B.C. until the year A.D. 1500. It was a route that opened up many countries for trade. Chinese tradesmen exchanged mainly Chinese silk in return for Roman ...

Nspirement Staff

The Lasting Beauty of Chinese Bronze Mirrors

Chinese bronze mirrors have a 4,000-year history in China. Not until the later period of the Qing Dynasty were they gradually replaced by glass mirrors. Producing these mirrors was an art. The reverse sides were frequently cast with exquisite decorative motifs and Chinese calligraphy. Among the various metal-based inventions in ancient China, bronze mirrors have ...

Emma Lu

A Tang Dynasty bronze mirror.