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Traditional Taijiquan's Three Evolutionary Forms and Characteristics in Their Development
Journal of Taiji Science, 2023 Chinese martial arts both reflect the lifestyle of the Chinese people and serves as an important link in understanding local cultural life in China. With Taijiquan’s recent recognition as an intangible cultural heritage by the UNESCO, the guardians of ...
Lingling Yu于玲玲 +1 more
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The 1935 Hsinchu-Taichung Earthquake [PDF]
, 2020 The history of natural disasters in Taiwan has frequently been linked to the practice of historical preservation, archival science, oral history, and museum curatorship.
Alsford, Niki J.P.
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Obesity Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This position statement is intended to synthesize and interpret current consensus and salient developments regarding the relationship between obesity and physical activity. It draws from the latest evidence and guidelines to update and share the World Obesity Federation's stance with policymakers, healthcare professionals, public health ...
Zoe Gowers +6 more
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Manufacturing Martial Spirit: Ethos, Ideology and Identity in the Chinese Martial Arts [PDF]
Martial Arts Studies, 2020 ‘Martial spirit’ (shangwu jingshen) emerged as a discursive trope during the late nineteenth century as China faced the existential threat of internal rebellion, Western and Japanese imperialism and a moribund Manchu dynasty. China’s self-image as the ‘Central Kingdom’ gave way to the international reputation as the ‘Sick Man of Asia’. Within the space
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Obesity Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Regular exercise is a first‐line nonpharmacological strategy for managing metabolic syndrome (MetS), but varied exercise modalities and outcomes across studies have led to inconsistent findings that limit clinical guidance. Objective To synthesize up‐to‐date evidence on the efficacy of exercise‐based interventions in improving MetS ...
Eric Tsz‐Chun Poon +5 more
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
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The influencing factors of international long-term competitiveness of Chinese Kung Fu films
Cogent Arts & HumanitiesChinese martial arts films are one of the Chinese film genres with wide dissemination and high popularity. However, the decline in box office in the North American market has weakened their ability to maintain an advantage, develop, and profit in long ...
Liu LingJuan +2 more
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The Scholar Imprisoned: Young‐Bok Shin's Decolonial Thought Against (Sub) Imperialisms in East Asia
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article reads Young‐Bok Shin (1941–2016) as a decolonial thinker who theorized transformative worldmaking from the standpoint of the oppressed, rooted in the historical experiences of East Asia. Against the (sub)imperial “logic of sameness” that structures colonial modernity in his social world, Shin advances gongbu (studying) as a ...
Veda Hyunjin Kim
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Analysis of the Chinese martial periodicals edited during the Republican Era
Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, 2012 The present article studies the periodicals and magazines published during the Chinese Republican period (1912-1949). The main sources for this work are the index and thirty volumes of the Republican Era Collection of National Arts Periodicals (Mingguo ...
William Acevedo, Mei Cheung
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Anthropology &Education Quarterly, Volume 57, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT This article explores how educator‐kibbutzim recruit socialist‐Zionist learning traditions to construct new forms of kinship. Bringing communities of practice theory to new kinship studies, we expand on the role of knowledge in bridging the social/biological.
Lauren Erdreich, Rotem Bar Israel
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