Online video of two 14-year-olds in a boxing ring raises questions Officials from a remote part of Sichuan province have launched an investigation after two local boys appeared in a viral video about a fight club for orphans and "left-behind" children in Sichuan. Child welfare and education officials from the Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture have been sent to Enbo Fight Club, which claims to have adopted and trained about 400 children since 2001. The move comes after a video was shared online on Thursday featuring two 14-year-olds from Liangshan's Butuo county fighting in a ring similar to the kind used for mixed martial arts. During short interviews, the boys said they were "adopted" by the club and occasionally perform as part of commercial events. They say the training is hard but add that they do not have to worry about food, clothes or shelter at the club, where they can eat beef and eggs. In their home village, they can eat only potatoes, they say. Butuo is one of the least developed areas in Liangshan, which has a number of isolated villages, according to Song Ming, an information officer with the prefecture's government. Opinions among those who have watched the video have been divided. Some argued that the children can learn life skills to support themselves in the future, while others accused the club of exploitation and said the children were being deprived of access to an education. The Liangshan government will work with Chengdu police to look into the boys' welfare, according to Lin Shucheng, the prefecture's Party chief. If the club has violated the compulsory education law, it will be dealt with, he said. Song added that the Butuo education bureau would take the two children back to continue their schooling if any offense is discovered. En Bo, founder of the club, is a former SWAT soldier from Sichuan's Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture. He said he came from a poor family and lost his father at the age of 8. Because of that experience, he wanted to help impoverished children, he said. However, Xu Bin, a top lawyer with Junyi Law Office in Chengdu, cast doubt on claims that the club legally adopted the children. "It is impossible for its owner to adopt so many kids," he said. livestrong braceletpersonalised silicone wristbands ukwristband keychain202mm to inchesmental health wristbandcustom made rubber braceletsuv braceletblack rubber braceletsfidget spinner bracelet
XINING -- At 2:30 pm, Tashi Tso from Qinghai Tibetan Hospital put on a pair of disposable gloves and began to take samples of a batch of newly arrived Tibetan medicines."The samples will first be sent to experts for visual inspection, and then for bio-chemical testing. We combine traditional methods with modern technology to ensure the quality of the medicine," Tashi Tso said.Tibetan medicine, known as Sowa Rigpa in Tibetan, is over 2,000 years old. It has absorbed influences from traditional Chinese, Indian, and Arabic medicine.It is mainly practiced in Tibet autonomous region and the Himalayas. Similar to traditional Chinese medicine and in sharp contrast to Western medicine, it uses herbs, minerals and sometimes insects and animals to treat afflictions. It is particularly well known for its digestive, cardiovascular, and rheumatoid treatments.As most traditional Tibetan medicines are hand-picked by Tibetan doctors, the pills are often different in weight and water content. Today, the manufacturing process is being transformed from old manual workshops to new scientific and standardized methods."For example, in the old days, Liu Wei Xiao Yao San, a medicine for digestive treatments, was packed in paper bags, which did not preserve it well. Now there is a production line to automatically produce and pack the medicine," Tashi Tso said.Qinghai Tibetan Hospital produces 368 types of Tibetan medicine with an annual output of 200 tonnes. There are currently 29 Tibetan medicine production bases across the province which can produce 1,042 types of medicine.To accelerate the development of traditional medicine, China has been increasing investment to build more standardized manufacturing factories to combine the traditional medicine with modern technology.In Qinghai alone, some 15 companies produce 160 types of Tibetan medicine. In 2016, the total industrial output value of these companies reached 2.3 billion yuan (about $366 million).Meanwhile, research institutes are also burgeoning in west China's Tibet, Qinghai, and Gansu.A lab under the Qinghai Institute of Tibetan Medicine is researching the effects of the mineral elements of the medicine.Tibetan medicine was added to China's intangible cultural heritage list in 2006. The ancient practice has also won the support of the World Health Organization."The only way for the traditional medicine to gain prominence outside the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is to combine it with modern science," said Doje, dean of the Qinghai Institute of Tibetan Medicine.
