Opinion: Why a kick in the teeth is good for Chinese kung fu

When mixed martial arts fighter Xu Xiaodong beat ‘thunder master’ Wei Lei in a Sichuan duel it was not tai chi he was thrashing – but its corrupted form

Chow Chung-yan

Published: 12:00pm, 6 May, 2017

Updated: 3:44pm, 28 Jun, 2017

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Chow Chung-yan

Chung-yan joined the SCMP as a summer intern in 1998. Over the past two decades he has risen through the ranks to the role of Executive Editor via the City, China and Business desks.