Mana, a Shaolin disciple from the Netherlands, credited kung fu with saving her life in the new CGTN documentary "The Spirit of Shaolin."
In the documentary, Mana recounted suffering from severe depression until discovering Shaolin kung fu that profoundly transformed her life in the years that followed.
"So I was very depressed at one point in life, and was living every day between wanting to live, wanting to kill myself. So one day I was like okay I cannot live like this anymore, so I got up, [and] went to the train station. I told myself I either jump and it's all gone -- there's rest, there's peace, or I get myself together. And I went to the train station and I was like, oh no, this is too scary, I don't want to jump. So I got home and got myself together," she recalled.
At her darkest moment, she found the strength to put herself back together, ultimately leading her to the Shaolin Temple in central China.
"My friends, they all thought I was fine, it's just some day, I just didn't reply to any messages anymore, because I couldn't take it. Short while after I got an invitation from my old Shifu to go to [the] Shaolin [Temple] in China for kung fu, for a trip, and I was like, this is my sign, this is what I need, and then it literally changed my life," said Mana.
Dutch woman says Shaolin kung fu saves her life
China, as Cambodia's most reliable strategic anchor, will continue to firmly support Cambodia in pursuing a development path suited to its national conditions, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday.
Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks when meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, who is in China for the 11th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Foreign Ministers' Meeting.
China stands ready to strengthen strategic communication with Cambodia, jointly meet external challenges and better promote each other's modernization drive, Wang said.
Wang called on both sides to make solid preparations for high-level exchanges in the next stage and safeguard the shared strategic interests of both countries, promote the development of the Industrial Development Corridor and the Fish and Rice Corridor and deepen pragmatic cooperation in infrastructure, agriculture and other fields.
Both sides should sustain a tough crackdown on telecom and online fraud and ensure such crimes never stage a comeback, Wang stressed, calling on both sides to step up coordination on multilateral platforms.
Prak Sokhonn said he appreciates China's invitation for the Cambodian and Thai foreign ministers to hold an informal tea talk, which embodies China's constructive position of settling dispute through peace and dialogue.
Hailing China's important role in the LMC, Prak Sokhonn said China is Cambodia's most trusted partner, adding that Cambodia reaffirms its commitment to the one-China principle, supports China's great cause of peaceful national reunification, and opposes "Taiwan independence" in any form.
Cambodia is willing to work with China to deliver on the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, strengthen alignment of development strategies between the two sides, keep up the crackdown on online gambling and telecom fraud crimes, and continuously elevate bilateral law enforcement and security cooperation, Prak Sokhonn said.
China backs Cambodia on development path suited to its national conditions: top diplomat
