Topic: Beijing

All together now: Beijing revives mass exercises

Liu Tao grimaces as he leaps up and down doing jumping jacks, one of the exercises he sweats through under a revived daily calisthenics routine that authorities in Beijing want all workers to perform.Suspended three years ago due to low interest, the ...
I also reviewed SOKO's financial statements since inception, putting the numbers into a large Excel spreadsheet. In line with its business model, SOKO first opens up fitness centers that are able to cheaply and quickly attract fitness members. SOKO has grown from ...

Chen style Tai Chi Chuan

Chen style Tai Chi Chuan originated from the late Ming Dynasty of China (about 400 years ago), a villager of Chenjiagou village, created a new kind of Chinese boxing based on the integration of the ancestral boxing, the essence of the excellent ...
The October 9 issue of The Week reports that during this month's gigantic celebration of the 6oth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic, more than 1,000 of the Chinese soldiers sought mental health counseling after drilling for the event.. Readers ...
Now, in a country long shadowed by famine, food has become plentiful and there are even signs of an obesity problem.Matt Lewis is a pioneer in Beijing's fitness market. The New Zealander came to Beijing in 1997 to manage an elite country ...

Olympic Fast Friday

Here is Friday Fast Fitness - learn some Chinese for the Olympics.. Eight is an auspicious number for the Chinese. Whether you agree or disagree with politics in the world, use learning about someone's language as a step to peace: usa. "Yo-yo-shui" ...
"We" have just bought a rowing machine. It's one of these big fancy ones you find in a gym. My husband decided "we" needed one as he watched me struggle into my jeans. Anyway I bid for a second hand rowing machine ...