Welcome to
Double Dragon
Alliance
Cultural Exchange; Health and Wellness; International Communication & Friendship
What We Do
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Celebrating art, culture & promoting cultural exchange
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Engaging in health and wellness education & practice
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Advising visitors to China & helping to bridge the culture gap
Our Mission Statement
Our global mission is to promote health and wellness, facilitate communication, develop international friendships, and provide a social platform within China and abroad, for the exchange of cultural learning, primarily in the health and wellness fields.
DDA organises an array of cultural, health, social and educational events; working with learning institutions, government and consular bodies, local communities and individual groups, promoting intercultural exchange and friendship between China and the global community.
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Rose Oliver MBE
FOUNDER
One of only 50 international experts selected to represent expats working in China at the ‘2014 Foreign Experts Symposium’ in Shanghai, and presented personally to Chinese President Xi Jin Ping; Rose has been at the forefront of cultural exchange, health and wellness, and education in Shanghai for over twenty years.
- Awarded ‘Member of the Order of the British Empire’ (MBE) by Her Majesty the Queen in 2010;
- Awarded Shanghai Government’s Magnolia Silver Award in 2013;
- Awarded the title ‘Emissary of Chinese Martial Arts’ by Shanghai Media Group (SMG) in 2017;
- Selected as ‘One of the Most Influential Foreign Experts in China’, as part of the 40th anniversary of China’s Reform & Opening Policy, in 2018;
- Awarded the prestigious Shanghai Government’s Magnolia Gold Award in 2019.
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News & Events
Check out our recently added legacy archive materials!
The Art of Tong Bei Quan – Interview with Wu Mao Gui
The art of Tong Bei Quan is first recorded as being practiced during the Hong Ming Dynasty, in Shan Xi Province in about 1372. It continued to be practiced throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties, and in fact an emperor during the Qing Dynasty, was so impressed by one Tong Bei expert, Master Guo Yong Fu, that he declared this system to be at an almost mystical level.
Recent DDA Zoom Workshop
Thanks to everyone who recently attended our small group zoom sessions on 7th Dec and our first for 2021 on 11th January!
The smaller sessions were fairly informal, with each student preparing a minute of movements from either section 1 or section 2 of DDA’s Master Dong Bin Yang Style Taiji form for corrections, or from their own form from other disciplines like staff and Chen Style.
British Cultural Centre (BCC) Latest News
The BCC (part of the Int’l Culture Park at the University of Shanghai for Science & Technology, where Rose is Director) continued in-person talks and lectures in December, and finished out the year’s programmes with a lecture and conversational events on using one’s initiative, and English storytelling.