The Chinese artist Li Lei (born 1965) explores Confucian and Taoist aesthetics through abstract painting, a genre which only blossomed in China--particularly in Shanghai--in the late 1980s. These strongly gestural abstractions, which are superbly reproduced in this first monograph, are described by the ...
China is on track to becoming the world's largest economy, yet Westerners still have a poor understanding of this economic giant. Clydesdale explains Chinese business in history: the strategies and practices through which Chinese merchants became rich. He also provides valuable insights into how Chinese business has evolved and continues to evolve.
Though its origins go back to ancient times in China and India, Taekwon-Do as we know it today was initiated by the Korean General Hong-Hi Choi who led the way in Korea to develop martial arts generally in a modern style. Taekwon-Do offers both mental and physical benefits and appeals to people of all ...
