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ufology in china by charles lear ufology

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in china is deeply interwoven with

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china's politics in 1978 china began

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what is known as the reform which

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involved china opening up its economy to

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the west

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and the lifting of many restrictions

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according to the article by malcolm

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thompson on ufology with chinese

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characteristics in the fate of chinese

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socialism in the may august 2020 edition

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of the online journal made in china

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there was no public ufology in china

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before the reform period in chinese

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ufology and the reform period began at

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almost the same time according to

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thompson the chinese ufo enthusiasts

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liaison office was set up at wuhan

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university on september 20th 1979 this

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became the china ufo research

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association by may 1980 and by the

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mid-1980s there were over 40 branch

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organizations with thousands of members

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all over the country as the reform

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developed and the state's limits of

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tolerance were tested the state-approved

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approach to ufology became science-based

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and strictly non-paranormal with this

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limitation in mind ufologists are not

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only free to investigate but often do so

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with the government's help on february

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27 2019 martin at hong kong ufo

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researcher investigator shook fae on as

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a guest during the show faye described

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ufology as it exists in mainland china

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he talked about how the government

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military and police often assist

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investigators and gave as an example a

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famous abduction case in 1999 a

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middle-aged man from beijing named chao

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claimed he'd been abducted by aliens he

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said that when he was aboard their craft

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he was shown a sick looking young girl

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and instructed the cure as part of an

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experiment according to faye chao was

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hypnotized in a military hospital the

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case is described in an article by lynn

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melian headlined out of this world

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posted on the global times website in

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2012.

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according to this version in 2000 zhang

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jinping director of the investigation

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department of the world chinese ufo

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association took on the case as part of

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the investigation zhang took chao to a

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police station where the police created

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a computer image of the girl based on

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zhang's description according to the

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article the girl was found but was too

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mentally unstable to be a reliable

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witness the declining tolerance of the

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paranormal aspects of ufology by the

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state parallels the state's disapproval

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of aspects of qigong a practice

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involving a series of exercises believed

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to optimize the body's energy unlike tai

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chi qigong uses specific exercises to

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achieve specific results according to

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thompson in 1981 the all-china qigong

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science research association was

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established interest in qigong grew and

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the practice had the approval of

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national leaders including kyon shusan

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the father of china's space program the

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qsra became a national level umbrella

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organization for hundreds of member

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organizations at this point qsra became

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a focal point for paranormal research

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because kikong supposedly brought about

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extraordinary powers while trying to

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explain where these powers came from

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paranormal studies and experiments done

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state-level social organization under

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as kigong fever this happened as the

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term with chinese characteristics

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entered the public discourse after deng

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chinese characteristics in his opening

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congress of the chinese communist party

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this resulted in attempts to combine

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traditional chinese culture with science

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and technology as a result of qigong's

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link to paranormal study a form of

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qigong ufology developed as an example

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thompson brings up the book a summoning

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to the idea of the source of life which

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he says is commonly known as eastern

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ufology it was published in 1993 by lin

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school of flying saucer technology among

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the ideas presented are that the power

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source of flying saucers is spiritual

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thought and that aliens like the key

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gong masters of the earth can directly

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absorb the incapacities of the universe

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and thus avoid the necessity of eating

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and drinking according to thompson the

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china ufo research association attained

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legal status as an organization through

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its association with qsra beginning in

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1988 as qigong ufology became more

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prominent members of cura began to

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become concerned that their organization

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was being infiltrated by pseudoscience

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at cura's fourth national congress in

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1992 the organization declared its

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commitment to the dialectical

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materialist guiding principle by this

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time a form of qigong that incorporated

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buddhism taoism and confucianism known

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popularity with support from the ccp

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entered the qsra in 1993

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according to the wikipedia entry on

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falun gong in 1999 government estimates

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put followers of falun gong at 70

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million it was perceived as a threat by

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the chinese communist party and they

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moved to suppress it through propaganda

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imprisonment in october of 1999 falun

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organization that threatened the

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stability of chinese society qigong was

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affected as well and limited to strictly

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medical practice and research during the

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build-up to the action by the ccp kira

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lost its status as a second level study

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society under the qsra and was compelled

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to disband qigong ufology was now

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forbidden in china but ufo groups that

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stuck to the scientific nuts and bolts

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approach had nothing to worry about in

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the january 11 2000 new york times

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article beijing journal ufo boom doesn't

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worry china's rulers it is pointed out

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that many of china's ufo groups at that

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time required not only that their

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members had a degree but also published

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work highlighting the political

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atmosphere at the time is a quote from

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jinn fan head of the dallian ufo

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research society the study of ufos is

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fundamentally different from other

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things like falun gong and qigong which

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have come under criticism lately this is

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a purely scientific field whereas falun

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gong deals with cults and superstition

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faye repeatedly pointed out china's

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intolerance of paranormal ideas

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throughout his appearance on podcast ufo

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according to faye this extended to

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movies faye explains that if the

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producers of a paranormal themed movie

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hope to get it distributed in mainland

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china the ending needs to be changed to

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explain any mysterious occurrences in

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the movie in mosaic terms something like

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yes i'd have gotten away with it too if

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it wasn't for these blasted kids and

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their dog available june 2022 from

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a book about the people involved in the

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mystery

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covering the golden age of flying

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saucers

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using newsletters magazines case files

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official documents and more

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sure to leave even the die hard skeptic

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wandering

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by charles lehrer new york usa

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the flying saucer investigators

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