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Periscope.
HEALTH
Flu Fears Take Wing
Last year's SARS outbreak terrified people around the world because of how easily the virus could jump from country to country in an age of frequent-flier travel. Now another virus is causing a flap thanks to its ability to spread via more old-fashioned means: wings.
Coming on top of two new reported cases of SARS, recent outbreaks of avian flu have much of Asia on edge. Though the virus so far has had only limited success at passing from animal to human, it is of the deadly H5N1 type. (An outbreak of the same virus in Hong Kong in 1997 killed six of 18 infected people and led to the culling of millions of chickens.) ...
- Feng Shui makes a comeback after taboo years in China.(Opinion/Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin Presse, Rachel Morarjee Agence France August 20, 2001 700+ words
...whose grandfather was a Feng Shui master in Malaysia during...Communist takeover of China, kept quiet about their...of official policy, China's Communist Party is using the principles of Feng Shui in designing public architecture in much the same way China's emperors did, to...
- Feng Shui revival defies prohibition in China's cities.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. September 1, 2006 700+ words
Feng Shui revival defies prohibition in China's cities Beijing, Sept 1 (PTI) Feng Shui is not only gaining popularity in India but also secretly practised in China's affluent coastal cities, although it is still...
- Feng-shui
- Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology January 1, 2001 700+ words
Feng-shui The Taoist art and science...practiced for centuries in China. Feng-shui has been used by the Chinese...invaded the central plains of China and established the Yuan...1644 B.C.E.). The feng-shui that is practiced today...
- Spheres of Influence // Feng Shui Displays Healthy Orientation
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times LARRY FINLEY May 19, 1996 700+ words
...Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. For some, feng shui (FUNG-schway...Donald Trump is employing feng shui in his billion-dollar...New York. The Bank of China building in Hong Kong...surfaces violated good feng shui order. In designing...
- Feng shui. (common sense and the ancient Chinese art of placement)(includes...
- Magazine article from: Country Living Howe, Maggy January 1, 1997 700+ words
...and water fountains. Feng Shui also considers the influence...Water, and Stars "Feng Shui is intended to create...subject vary, but most Feng Shui teachers today agree that...has been practiced in China for more than 4,000...
- Well placed. (Chinese feng shui)
- Magazine article from: House Beautiful Picker, Lauren March 1, 1996 700+ words
...been known to consult a feng shui expert. (As a recent...cartoon suggested, good feng shui can boost real estate...you don't have to be a China scholar to understand the basics of feng shui. You simply have to accept...
- Traditional Chinese site selection--Feng Shui: an evolutionary/ecological...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Cultural Geography Han, Ke-Tsung September 22, 2001 700+ words
...The ultimate goal of Feng Shui is to achieve a harmonious...of pursuing harmony, Feng Shui continues to be widely...culture, such as Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong...Chinese have regarded Feng Shui as superstition. However...
- Decorating With Ancient Feng Shui; The Chinese Believe One's Surroundings...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Mimi Read February 11, 1988 700+ words
...arcane Chinese art called feng shui. Made up of common sense...with mystical wisdom, feng shui (pronouced fung schway...very long history in China. Even today, many Chinese...siting something without feng shui. And in the overseas...
