For Chinese Poetry Ambassador Michael Crook, this line from Li Bai's "Descending Zhongnan Mountain and Meeting Si the Hermit" hits close to home — literally....

"Looking up, I find the moon bright; bowing, in homesickness I'm drowned."...

"Fear not the thousand miles ahead; the wind will find you in its stead."...

Fear Not the Clouds: Olympic Champion Deng Yaping on the Courage to Climb...

Bridging Time and Space: Nie Zirui on the Timeless Echoes of "The Deer Enclosure"...

True Friendship Knows No Distance: Andreas on Zhang Jiuling's Farewell Verse...