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DOI:
(U) 881201.
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REQS:
(U)
INITIATIVE.
SOURCE:
1.
(U)
NEWSPAPER,
WEN HUI BAO
(WHB)
,
SHANGHAI,
CHINA,
NOVEMBER
1988,
IN CHINESE.
2.
(U) NEWSPAPER,
KEJI RIBAO
(KR),
BEIJING,
CHINA,
22 NOVEMBER
1988,
IN CHINESE.
3.
(U)
JOURNAL, QIGONG ZAZHI
(QZ)
(BREATHING EXERCISE— AN EXERCISE
FOR HEALTH AND LONGEVITY),
HANGZHOU,
CHINA,
NO.
8,
12 AUGUST
1988,
IN CHINESE.
4.
(U) NEWSPAPER, ZHONGGUO DIANZI BAO
(ZDB)
,
BEIJING,
CHINA,
JULY
1988,
IN CHINESE.
5.
(U) NEWSPAPER,
TA KUNG PAO
(TKP)
,
HONG KONG,
27 OCTOBER
1988,
IN
CHINESE.
6.
(U) NEWSPAPER,
WEN WEI PO
(WWP),
HONG KONG,
DECEMBER
1988,
IN
CHINESE.
7.
(U)
JOURNAL,
ZHONGHUA QIGONG
(ZQ)
(CHINESE BREATHING EXERCISE),
BEIJING,
CHINA,
NO.
5, SEPTEMBER
1988,
IN CHINESE.
SUMMARY:
(U) CHINA CONTINUES TO SHOW GREAT INTEREST IN THE STUDY OF
EXTRAORDINARY POWERS OF THE HUMAN BODY.
RESEARCH IN THIS AREA,
WHICH IS REFERRED TO AS THE HUMAN BODY SCIENCES IN CHINA,
HAS BEEN
AIDED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THREE RESEARCH CENTERS ESPECIALLY
EQUIPPED AND STAFFED FOR THE RESEARCH OF QIGONG AND OTHER PHENOMENA.
TEXT:
1.
(U) CHINA HAS RECENTLY STARTED THE HUMAN BODY SCIENCE
RESEARCH CENTER (STC 0086 7555 4430
1331
4282 4496 0022
1800),
THE
HUMAN BODY ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER (0086 7555
1562 4453
1331
4282 4496 0022
1800),
AND THE CHINESE QIGONG SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER
(STC 0022 0948 3051 0501 4430
1331 4282 4496 0022
1800).
ALSO,
A
3-YEAR COURSE ON HUMAN ENGINEERING HAS BEEN STARTED AT SHENZHEN
UNIVERSITY.
CHINA RECENTLY ANNOUNCED SEVEN RESEARCH PROJECTS
RELATED TO THE HUMAN BODY SCIENCES, ESPECIALLY QIGONG AND OTHER
EXTRAORDINARY CAPABILITIES.
2.
(U)
A JULY
1988 CHINESE SOURCE
(ZDB,
P.
1) REPORTED THE
ESTABLISHMENT ON 25 JUNE 1988 OF A HUMAN BODY SCIENCE RESEARCH
CENTER AT THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY,
CHANGSHA//GEOCOORD : 28 1 2N/ 1 1 258E// .
THIS CENTER'S DEPARTMENTS
INCLUDE ONES FOR SPACE,
ELECTRONICS,
APPLIED PHYSICS,
AND SYSTEMS
ENGINEERING RESEARCH, STAFFED BY DOZENS OF SPECIALISTS AND SCHOLARS.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ((TAN)) SHUSHENG (STC 6223 5002 3932) OF THE
APPLIED PHYSICS DEPARTMENT WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE NEW
FACILITY, WHICH USES THE MOST CURRENT SCIENTIFIC THEORIES AND
EMPLOYS ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE,
INCLUDING THE
MODERN EQUIPMENT,
INSTRUMENTS,
AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE NATIONAL
DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY, TO CONDUCT RESEARCH
RELATED TO THE HUMAN BODY SCIENCES.
((ZHANG)) ZHENHUAN (STC
1728
7201
1403),
BOARD CHAIRMAN OF THE CHINESE SOCIETY OF QIGONG SCIENCE,
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ATTENDED THE INAUGURAL CELEBRATION FOR THE NEW CENTER.
3.
(U) ACCORDING TO OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER CHINESE SOURCES
(TKP,
P.
5;
WHB,
P.
1),
A HUMAN 80DY ENGINEERING COURSE AND
A HUMAN BODY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER (STC 0086 7555
1562 4453
1331
4282 4496
0022
1800)
HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE HUMAN BODY ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT AT SHENZHKN UNIVERSITY, SHENZHEN//GEOCOORD:2232N/
11408E//.
A.
(U)
A
3-YEAR COURSE
IN HUMAN BODY ENGINEERING
IS EXPECTED TO
EDUCATE TALENTED PERSONNEL FOR A HUMAN BODY ENGINEERING RESEARCH
CENTER WHICH
IS DESIGNED TO BE CHINA'S CENTER OF RESEARCH ON
EXTRAORDINARY CAPABILITIES OF THE HUMAN BODY.
IN
1988 THE COURSE
ACCEPTED
ITS FIRST STUDENTS,
AGED
16 TO 30, FROM ACROSS THE NATION
(TKP REPORTED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AS
16;
WHB REPORTED THE NUMBER
AS 20).
ALL STUDENTS HAVE EITHER DEMONSTRATED SOME SPECIAL ABILITY
OR HAVE BEEN LEARNING QIGONG.
THE CURRICULA INCLUDE A GENERAL
KNOWLEDGE OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE AN9 WESTERN MEDICINES,
THE YIJING
(STC 2496 4842)
(THE BOOK OF CHANGES, ONE OF THE FIVE CHINESE
CLASSICS),
BAGUA
(STC 0360 0597)
(THE EIGHT DIAGRAMS,
EIGHT
COMBINATIONS OF THREE WHOLE OR BROKEN LINES USED
IN DIVINATION),
COMPUTERS,
AND QIGONG.
B.
(U) THE PRECURSOR TO THE HUMAN BODY ENGINEERING RESEARCH
CENTER WAS THE QIGONG RESEARCH CENTER ESTABLISHED 2 YEARS EARLIER AT
SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY.
THE NEW FACILITY IS DESIGNED TO BE AN
INTEGRATED BASE FOR EDUCATION,
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH,
AND TRAINING.
IT
WILL DIAGNOSE AND TREAT PATIENTS USING CLAIRVOYANCE ,
ACUPUNCTURE,
AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE.
((LUO)) ZHENGQI (STC 5012
1794
0796),
PRESIDENT OF SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY,
AND
((LIU)) HEQIAO
(STC
0491
7729 5062), DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE GUANGZHOU MILITARY REGION,
WERE AMONG THE GUESTS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE HUMAN BODY
ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER.
4.
(U)
AN AUGUST
1988 CHINESE SOURCE
(QZ,
P.
353) REPORTED THAT
CHINA'S QIGONG SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER (LOCATION NOT IDENTIFIED) WAS
ESTABLISHED ON 26 MAY
1988 AS A SUBORDINATE ORGANIZATION OF THE
CHINESE SOCIETY OF QIGONG SCIENCE.
CHAIRMAN ZHANG ZHENHUAN OF THE
LATTER ORGANIZATION BECAME DIRECTOR OF THE QIGONG SCIENCE RESEARCH
CENTER.
THE MISSIONS OF THIS NEW CENTER ARE TO COORDINATE VARIOUS
STUDIES ON QIGONG SCIENCE AND CONSTRUCT INFORMATION NETWORKS,
EVALUATE AND DISSEMINATE QIGONG SCIENCE RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS,
AND
PROVIDE RELATED ADVICE AND SUGGESTIONS.
5.
(U) ACCORDING TO NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER CHINESE SOURCES
(KR,
P.
1;
WWP,
P.
1),
((ZHANG)) CHUNYAN (STC
1728 2504
1750) OF THE BEIJING
ACADEMY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE,
BEIJING, DISCOVERED A THIRD
PATH THAT DIFFERS FROM THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND MERIDIAN SYSTEM (MAIN
AND COLLATERAL VITAL ENERGY CHANNELS)
IN THE BODY, WHICH IS PROVING
TO BE OF GREAT VALUE IN TREATING HARD-TO-CURE DISEASES.
ZHANG
PRESENTED HIS HYPOTHESIS ABOUT THE THIRD PATH AT THE FIRST WORLD
CONVENTION ON ACUPUNCTURE HELD IN OCTOBER
1987
(LOCATION NOT
IDENTIFIED), GARNERING THE ATTENTION OF WORLD SPECIALISTS.
6.
(U)
A SEPTEMBER
1988 CHINESE SOURCE
(ZQ,
PP.
2-6)
PUBLISHED THE
FOLLOWING FIVE RECENT STUDIES ON QIGONG AND OTHER EXTRAORDINARY
ABILITIES*
A.
(U)
"EXPERIMENTS ON THE EFFECTS OF WAIQI
(EXHALED "QI") ON
THE MOLECULES OF A SUBSTANCE LOCATED 2000 KILOMETERS AWAY," BY A
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