UP UP AND AWAY CHICAGO TAKES A CUT KUNG FU FIGHTING TRADITIONAL CUSTOMS BACK IN FAVOR CAN CHINESE CULTURE COMPETE TAKING THE MICKEY GLOBAL SINOLOGY CONFERENCE AN AIDS TEST TO VISIT CHINA
In Chinese and American pop culture, kung fu occupies a special place – especially as one of the defining elements of Chinese culture outside of the country. BON's Tony Zhou reports on the actual state of one style of fighting in mainland China…
The Shaolin Temple in central China is known as the birthplace of Zen Buddhism…and is known around the world for its kung fu. And, more recently its become famous for the business acumen of its a as BON's reporter tells us, a group of Kungfu monks from the Temple recently gave a martial arts performance in Chicago.
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For a sport almost as old as China itself, kung-fu might be fading into the sunset reports BON’s Sophia Tsang; Li Na secures her spot in the Australian Open’s Sweet Sixteen; Manchester United adds two Chinese sponsors to its growing empire, neither of which has anything to do with sports; and a 140-hit badminton rally for the ages.