Guest guest Posted March 4, 2001 Report Share Posted March 4, 2001 Re: More about Reading and Teaching PRC TCM courses seem to have been designed by TCM medical experts with little input from non-TCM personnel. Although it could be argued that their collective perspective is biased. Has anyone read The Transmission of by Elisabeth Hsu? Some of the older Chinese language texts do contain anti-capitalist propaganda statements, but these tend to disappear after the discussion on yin and yang. Authors probably felt obligated to make such statements, but there is no evidence of censorship. Reproductions of ancient books are fairly easy to find, again with no evidence of censorship. The main forces that affect the shape of medicine in any society are social and public policies, not party politics. There is no doubt in my mind that Chinese government policies have affected the shape of modern TCM but mainly in indirect ways, the same ways that Western government policies have shaped bio-medicine in the West. The things that I like about modern TCM can probably be attributed to the fact that it has developed in a non-capitalist environment. Garry Seifert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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