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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...eight years, followers fruitlessly scoured the sect's treasure house and monastery in Rumtek, India, for clues; pressure mounted on the four high lamas acting as interim regents. Finally, a regent named Tai Situ had a brainstorm. For 13 years, he had worn a prayer amulet given to him by the late leader, which he had never opened. Now, he says, "it suddenly struck me, the message could be here!" And lo, it was; and conveniently specific too: the child would be found "to the north in the east of a land of snow ((Tibet))/ A country where divine thunder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battle of the Future Buddhas | 5/2/1994 | See Source »

...They're these guys who come down from the observatory to do Tai Chi in the Q-RAC during their lunch hours." says one Q-RAC frequenter. "They grunt and they spit and they're all bearded. It's just weird. You don't see that happening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Q-riosities | 3/17/1994 | See Source »

...Larry Wu-Tai Chin, charged in 1985 with spying for China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Country for a Rolex | 3/7/1994 | See Source »

Today, the Yang family style, known as T'ai Chi Chuan, is the most widely practiced Tai Chi form in the world...

Author: By Richard Chiang, | Title: FOR THE MOMENT | 3/3/1994 | See Source »

While Martin Yan is a valuable member of Asian American society, he is yet another media image of the exotic Asian. Asking the Asian equivalent of Buckwheat to give an hour-long demonstration of Chinese cooking and Tai-Chi does nothing for campus race relations. In fact, it perpetuates the stereotypes the Foundation aims to eliminate...

Author: By Tehshik P. Yoon, | Title: Long Duck Dong's Damage | 12/14/1993 | See Source »

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