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Article: Feature: Qigong serves as vehicle for China's cultural promotion (2)
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- January 26, 2008
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Feature: Qigong serves as vehicle for China's cultural promotion
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At the same time, foreign people have been attracted to
qigong.Etsuko Kunisada, aged 31, is an example. She gave up her well-
paidjob in a bank in Japan's Osaka March last year when she decided
togo to Beijing. Later, she became a fan of Chinese culture and
began to practise tai chi. After a year of practice, she found it
was still interesting, but had become more and more difficult.
"When I practise tai chi, I need to practise how to breathe. I
find that tai chi and qigong are interrelated, and qigong can helpme
breathe more smoothly," said Etsuko. So she began to practise qigong
three times a week at Beijing Sports ...