RE: Practicing in China

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Foreigners May Open Traditional

 

Clinic

 

Practicing traditional Chinese

medicine in China will

no longer be off-limits for

foreigners as the

country's Ministry of Public Health

will permit

foreigners to become licensed in

the ancient medical

art starting next year.

 

As reported, a postgraduate student

from ROK will be

the first foreigner in China to

start up a Chinese

medicine clinic.

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¡¡¡¡China to permit foreigners to

become licensed in

the ancient medical art

¡¡¡¡Practicing traditional Chinese

medicine in China

will no longer be off-limits for

foreigners as the

country's Ministry of Public Health

will permit

foreigners to become licensed in

the ancient medical

art starting next year.

 

 

¡¡¡¡About the first foreigner in

China to open a

Chinese medicine clinic

¡¡¡¡Kim Jae Yoon, a postgraduate

student from the

Republic of Korea (ROK), will be

the first foreigner

in China to start up a Chinese

medicine clinic.

 

Coming to China at 1991, Kim has

received a bachelor's

degree and master's degree from

Heilongjiang

Traditional Chinese Medicinal

University (HTCMU) in

Harbin, northeast China.

 

He is currently working on his

doctorate and preparing

for the upcoming license

examination for foreigners.

 

" With a history of thousands

of years, Chinese

medicine has an amazing curative

effect on a variety

of diseases, " Kim said in

fluent Chinese.

 

The son of a famous doctor in

Seoul, Kim said that his

interest in traditional Chinese

medicines started when

he was young.

 

" Traditional medicine of the

ROK is actually derived

from that of China, " he said.

 

Specializing in Chinese

acupuncture, message and

herbal medicine treatments, Kim

will be practicing out

of a small building on a busy

street in Harbin.

 

 

¡¡¡¡Current situation of foreigners

studying

traditional Chinese medicine at

HTCMU

¡¡¡¡Currently, some 170 foreigners

are studying

traditional Chinese medicine at

HTCMU, most of them

from neighboring countries such as

Japan, Malaysia and

ROK. Only a few came are from

Europe and North

America, said Zhang Tianfeng,

deputy dean of the

International Institute of the

University.

 

According to Zhang, since 1986,

over 3,000 foreign

students from 18 countries and

regions have graduated

from the university.

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From Peopledaily.com.cn

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11/20/01

 

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