When tai chi meets yoga

Overseas Sinologists learn tai chi to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in Beijing, Sept 7, 2014. More than 30 overseas Sinologists from over 25 countries and regions experienced Chinese traditional cultural activities to in turn promote the culture of traditional etiquette to the world. [Photo by Yu Yao/chinadaily.com.cn]

Moreover, other research by the American College of Rheumatology notes the evidence that tai chi and yoga helps in the management of rheumatologic diseases, especially osteoarthritis of the knee, hip and hand, and rheumatoid arthritis.

Above all, though obviously different in movement, tai chi and yoga both own a history of thousands of years. They both seek the inner harmonious balance through physical, mental and spiritual practice.

To some degree, “harmonious balance” is just the core of oriental culture, as well as the inner connection of the culture between China and India. As Modi said in 2014, China and India are two bodies with one spirit.

In recent years, as tai chi and yoga became more and more popular internationally, China and India are playing a bigger role in optimizing the benefits from the global financial order by cooperating in the establishment of the BRICS New Development Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank..

According to Han Hua, associate professor of international studies at Peking University, if China and India remain committed to the policy of peace and diplomacy, they will inject new vitality into bilateral relations and the Asian growth story in the years ahead.