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     if-%
     D" RAPSYCHOLOGICAL, RESEARCH
     IN
     THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
     OF
     CHINA
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         GENERAL OBSERVATIONS
              ~ LACK OF GOOD REPORTING ON PARAPSYCHOLOGIC
         PHENOMENA INHIBITS IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS
              ~ AVAILABLE REPORTS OFTEN PRESENTED IN
         A SKEPTICAL LIGHT
              ~ SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN APPROACH OF EAST
         AND WEST TO PARAPSYCHOLOGY
              - WEST IS MORE SKEPTICAL AND LESS
         SUPPORTIVE OF- RESEARCH
              - EAST GENERALLY AHEAD OF WEST IN
         ACHIEVING CREDIBLE RESULTS
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         OBSERVATIONS
                                      ,YERAL NAMES,
         CHINESE RESEARCH GOES UNDER SE
         MOST COMMONLY
         - ENHANCED HUMAN BODY FUNCTIONS
         - SOMATIC SCIENCE
         SOMATIC SCIENCE EXAMINES THREE INTER-RELATED AREAS
         - PARANORMAL CAPABILITIES
         - TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
         - QIGONG
              - A SYSTEM OF BREATHING EXERCISES AND
         CONTROL BELIEVED TO BE A SOURCE OF
         PHYSICAL AND PSYCHIC ENERGY
              BREATH
         BOTH
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  APPR0rA-%r%J"-H OF SOMATIC SCIENCE
       ~ APPLIES SYSTEMS THEORY TO STUDY OF HUMAN BODY AND
  ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS
       ~ HOLDS THAT THE BODY CAN ASSUME DIFFERENT 'FUNCTIONAL
  STATES", ONE OF WHICH IS THE'NPARANORMAL STATE"
       ~ APPLIES MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA ANALYSIS METHODS TO
  DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS FUNCTIONAL STATES AND IDENTIFY
  THE 'tNORMAL STATE"
  SEEKS TO DETERMINE AND ENHANCE THE MECHANISM BY
  WHICH DIFFERENT FUNCTIONAL STATES ARE ACHIEVED AND
  THEIR CHARACTERISTICS
       - STUDIES OF QIGONG MASTERS IN THE "QIGONG FUNCTIONAL
  STATE" IS A KEY RESEARCH TOPIC
  GREAT ATTENTION GIVEN TO SCIENTIFIC CREDIBILITY AND
  REPRODUCIBILITY OF EXPERIMENTS
                                              wm~
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             RESEARCH CLAIMS
             ~ THE EXISTANCE OF THE "PARANORMAL FUNCTIONAL STATE"
                  ~ THE ABILITY OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO ENTER THE
             PARANORMAL FUNCTIONAL STATE AT WILL
                  ~ CERTAIN OBJECTS, WHEN ACTED ON BY PERSONS WITH
             PARANORMAL ABILITIES, CAN BE PUT INTO A PARANORMAL
             STATE
             ~ THE EXISTANCE OF 'REMOTE VIEWING"
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     STATEMENT BY QIAN XUELIN
     LED EFFORT TO DEVELOP
     APPLICATION OF SYSTEM
     SCIENCE TO STUDY OF
     PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL
     PHENOMENA
     "'RESEARCH IN SOMATIC
     SCIENCE MAY LEAD TO A
     NEW SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
     IN THE 21ST CENTURY...
     THAT MAY BE A GREATER REVOLUTION
     QUANTUM PHYSICS AND THE THEORY
     IN THE 20TH CENTURY."
          THAN THOSE OF
     OF RELATIVITY
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            CHRONOLOGY
                 1979-1982
            ~ EARLY INDICATION OF INTEREST
            ~ INFORMAL, LOOSELY CONTROLLED DEMONSTRATIONS
            ~ CONFLICTS NOTED (ACTIVITIES, IDEOLOGY)
            ~ MILITARY INTEREST SHOWN
                 1983-1987
            ~ TIGHTENING OF RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS
            ~ EXPANSION OF HIGH LEVEL SUPPORT
            ~ DEDICATED CONFERENCES
            1988 - PRESENT
            ~ NATIONAL LEVEL RESEARCH CENTERS, COMMITTEES
            ~ CONTINUED MILITARY INTEREST
            ~ CENTRAL COMMITTEE APPROVAL
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         SG1H
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