PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00792R000400260006-0
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• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 27, 1998
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PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL 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
? CHINESE RESEARCH GOES UNDER SEVERAL NAMES,
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 BREATH
CONTROL BELIEVED TO BE A SOURCE OF BOTH
PHYSICAL AND PSYCHIC ENERGY
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APPROACH 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 PARANORMAL STATE"
? APPLIES MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA ANALYSIS METHODS TO
DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS FUNCTIONAL STATES AND IDENTIFY
THE "NORMAL 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
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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 THAN THOSE OF
QUANTUM PHYSICS AND THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY
IN THE 20TH CENTURY."
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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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