Feature: How Tai Chi becomes a universal language

NAMPA / Xinhua
2025-10-26
by Yue Wenwan, Tian Zhongquan and Fan Yuanchen WUHAN, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- In the cool, misty morning air around the Wudang Mountains in Hubei province, China, a tall German man dressed in black robes slowly shifts his weight from one leg to the other at the Wudang International Martial Arts Exchange Center, his arms moving in smooth circles as if tracing the air. For Thomas Weib, a 53-year-old engineer from Germany, Tai Chi began simply as......
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